The
Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle of Tsushima
by Constantin Pleshakov, et al
It took the Russians nine months to sail their navy 18,000 miles from
the Baltic Sea around the horn of Africa and to the Sea of Japan in 1905,
where their Japanese enemies wiped them out in just a few hours at the
Battle of Tsushima. The Japanese triumph and Russian disaster, "largely
forgotten in the West," according to Constantine Pleshakov, marked a vital
turning point in world history. Not only did it inaugurate a new era of
naval technology, but it also announced Japan's ascent as a global force
(which would culminate during the Second World War) and Russia's collapse
into "the dark tsardom of Bolshevism." Pleshakov ranks the battle alongside
other classic naval engagements, such as Lepanto, Trafalgar, Jutland, and
Midway. Yet the bulk of The Tsar's Last Armada focuses on the Russians'
long journey to doom, led by the "frightfully imposing" and "savage" admiral
Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky. Pleshakov has a good eye for little details.
As the fleet approached the tropics, he reports, the humidity became so
bad that the crew's "towels and underwear would not dry." The Battle of
Tsushima receives full coverage at the end of the book, but Pleshakov's
engaging account of what preceded it is what readers will find most memorable.
--John
Miller - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 464 pages
Basic Books; ISBN: 0465057918; 1st edition (March 19,
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The
White Peril in the Far East: An Interpretation of the Significance of the
Russo-Japanese War
by Daniel A. Metraux
Book Description: Sidney Lewis Gulick's 1905 masterpiece, The
White Peril in the Far East: An Interpretation of the Significance of the
Russo-Japanese War is a fascinating contemporary study of the most significant
war of the early modern era. Japan's stunning victory over Russia was the
first time that an Asian country had defeated a white European nation.
Japan's victory was a clear signal to other Asians that they too could
roll back the tide of Western imperialism. The republication of Gulick's
book is part of an ongoing effort by this scholar to introduce modern readers
to now long-forgotten out-of-print works by pioneer Japanologists. The
Editor (Daniel Metraux) provides an introduction that places Gulick's work
in the context of modern Japanese history.
Paperback from iUniverse.com
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The
Fleet That Had to Die
by Richard Hough
Book Description: On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War
in 1904 Russia's Baltic Fleet was sent to the aid of embattled troops in
Russia's Chinese enclaves. Most observers thought that the Russians would
have little trouble defeating Japanese naval forces. The two fleets met
at Tsushima on May 27, 1905. What followed was perhaps the greatest naval
victory of all time. At a cost of three torpedo boats, the Japanese admiral
Togo sank three Russian battleships and much of the rest of the fleet.
A stunned Europe awoke to the presence of a new world power and shocked
public reaction in Russia led directly to the fall of the Czar twelve years
later. The acclaimed author of The Bounty has written another gripping
tale of the sea.
Paperback from Birlinn Ltd
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The Russo-Japanese conflict: its causes and issues
by Kan®ichi Asakawa
from Irish University Press; Barnes &
Noble Books
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The illustrated history of the Russo-Japanese War
by J. N. Westwood
from Sidgwick & Jackson
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The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War (Origins of Modern Wars)
by Ian Hill Nish, Aan H. Nish
Textbook Binding from Addison-Wesley Pub Co
1986
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The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-05
by David Wells (Editor), Sandra Wilson (Editor)
(Hardcover)
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