Rising Sun & The Tumbling Bear. Russia's War With Japan
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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780304366576
Автор
Richard Connaughton
Издатель
Cassell
Вес
340 гр
Страниц
400
Год выпуска
2004
Форма выпуска
130x200
The Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confused, their generals old and incompetent, the Tsar cautious and uncertain. The Russian naval defeat at Tsushima was as farcical as it was complete. The Japanese had defeated a big European power, and the lessons for the West were there for all to see, had they cared to do so. From this curious war, so unsafely ignored for the most part by the military minds of the day, Richard Connaughton has woven a fascinating narrative to appeal to readers at all levels.