Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War With Japan - Hardcover

Connaughton, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304361844 ISBN 13: 9780304361847

Verlag: Weidenfeld Military, 2003

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Manchuria, 1904-1905, and in their war with the Japanese the Russians were wrong footed from the start, fighting at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway against a brilliantly led and fanatical Japanese army less than a week 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. Seventeen months of war left 300,000 dead, a major European power defeated by the Japanese and the beginnings of a new order in the Far East. The world was changed - as the unsuspecting world would later discover.
In this major revision, following new research in Manchuria, he extends his narrative into a lively analysis of the strategies of both parties. It was a curious war, fought over territory not belonging to either side, unwisely ignored by the western military minds of the day, but the author shows just how significant it was in foreshadowing the change in the conduct of modern warfare. This is a fascinating history written to appeal to readers at all levels.

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Colonel Richard Connaughton spent two years as Head of the British Army's Defence Studies, the culmination of a twenty-two year career in the army, retiring in 1992. He now undertakes studies in the politico-military field on an international basis for client governments and the military, and has an intimate knowledge of military and special forces' involvement in the trouble spots of recent years. He has a fierce but charming intellect.

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• Verlag: Weidenfeld Military
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0304361844
• ISBN 13: 9780304361847
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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