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Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear

Author : Richard Michael Connaughton
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304361847
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear written by Richard Michael Connaughton and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2003 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russians were wrong footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5000 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 narrative to appeal to readers at all levels.

Rising Sun And Tumbling Bear

Author : Richard Connaughton
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474616801
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Rising Sun And Tumbling Bear written by Richard Connaughton and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the Russo-Japanese war 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.

The War of the Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear

Author : Richard Michael Connaughton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415009065
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The War of the Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear written by Richard Michael Connaughton and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the first defeat of a European power by an Asian power since the thirteenth-century invasion of the Mongols ... providing lessons for the West, which were largely ignored by military minds of the day.

The Tsar's Last Armada

Author : Constantine Pleshakov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465057926
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Tsar's Last Armada written by Constantine Pleshakov and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively account of one of the greatest naval battles in history retraces the fateful journey of the Tsar's armada from the Suez Canal to the Korea Straight, where it was destroyed by the Japanese Navy in 1905. Reprint.

The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905

Author : Geoffrey Jukes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472810031
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 written by Geoffrey Jukes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russo-Japanese war saw the first defeat of a major European imperialist power by an Asian country. When Japanese and Russian expansionist interests collided over Manchuria and Korea, the Tsar assumed Japan would never dare to fight. However, after years of planning, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian Port Arthur, on the Liaoyang Peninsula in 1904 and the war that followed saw Japan win major battles against Russia. This book explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere in the world before the First World War.

The Tide at Sunrise

Author : Denis Warner
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0714682349
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book The Tide at Sunrise written by Denis Warner and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russo-Japanese War was fought in the waters of the Yellow Sea and the Straits of Tsushima that divide Japan from Korea, and in the mountains of Manchuria, borrowed without permission from China. It was the first war to be fought with modern weapons. The Japanese had fought the Chinese at sea in 1894 and had gained a foothold in Manchuria by taking control of Port Authur. In 1895, however, Japan was forced to abandon its claims by the Russian fleet's presence in the Straits of Tsushima. Tsar Nicholas had obtained a window to the East for his empire and Japan had been humiliated. Tensions between the two countries would rise inexorably over the next decade. Around the world, no one doubted that little Japan would be no match for the mighty armies of Tsar Nicholas II. Yet Russia was in an advanced state of decay, the government corrupt and its troops inept and demoralized. Japan, meanwhile, was emerging from centuries of feudal isolation and becoming an industrial power, led by zealous nationalist warlords keen to lead the Orient to victory over the oppressive West. From the opening surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Authur in 1904, the Japanese out-fought and out-thought the Russians. This is a definitive account of one of the pivotal conflicts of the twentieth century whose impact was felt around the world.

Stalin's Last War

Author : Alan J. Levine
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078642088X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Stalin's Last War written by Alan J. Levine and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-07-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often referred to as "The Forgotten War," the Korean War was the only post-World War II combat between major powers. According to evidence provided in this study, it was also a crucial episode of the Cold War--more crucial, perhaps, than the war in Vietnam. This military and political history of the Korean War endeavors to give a fresh and less than fashionable account of the war. Utilizing both immediately postwar impressions and newly available evidence from Communist sources, it places the events in Korea into the larger framework of the early 1950s period of the Cold War. Beginning chapters discuss the escalation of early Cold War-era world events, from the final days of World War II to the first days of the Korean War, and detail the inevitability of Western intervention in the Korean conflict. The chapters that follow supply a broad account of the military aspect of the war, focusing on its "grand strategy," what is now known of the Communist side in Korea, the problems and achievements of the South Korean forces, and the often underestimated war in the air. Considerable attention is also given to matters in Europe and elsewhere, such as German rearmament and the Japanese peace treaty, that are revealed to have been not far removed from Korea. The author espouses several original theories regarding Stalin's interpretation of the Korean conflict as a preliminary phase of World War III and the probability that the Communists did intend to extend the war beyond both the confines of Korea and the armistice negotiations of 1951. Concluding commentary attributes the end of the first phase of the Cold War to the Korean armistice, but the nature of the remaining phases to the polarization of powers that was intensified by the fight for ideological dominance in Korea.

Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472835077
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defence warships, and cruisers of the Pacific Squadron and Baltic Squadron that fought during the war. It discusses in detail their design and development between the years of 1885 and 1905, concentrating particularly on battleships and cruisers. The book explores, in depth, the mutually influential relationship between Russian and foreign warship design, as Russia progressed from a reliance on foreign designs and shipyards towards an ability to produce its own influential ships, such as the Novik. The title also outlines the gripping operational history of the Russian warships which participated in the Russo-Japanese war, tracing their activity before and during the combat, as well as the post-war fate of those ships which were bombarded, scuttled, captured, or salvaged. Packed with contemporary photography and full-colour illustrations, this title offers a detailed and definitive guide to the design, development, and destiny of the Russian warships which battled the Japanese in the Eastern seas.

Human Bullets

Author : Tadayoshi Sakurai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Bullets written by Tadayoshi Sakurai and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sea Harrier Over the Falklands

Author : Commander 'Sharkey' Ward, DSC, AFC, RN
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850523052
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Sea Harrier Over the Falklands written by Commander 'Sharkey' Ward, DSC, AFC, RN and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1993-08-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, "HMS Invincible", during the Falkland War of April to June 1982, and was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the command on the tactics, direction and progress of the air war. He flew over 60 war missions, achieved three air-to air kills, and took part in or witnessed a total of ten kills; he was also the leading night pilot, and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry. But what, after all, could 20 Sea Harriers, operating from a flight-deck bucketing about in the South Atlantic, do against more than 200 Argentine military aircraft flown by pilots who, as the raids against the British shipping proved, displayed enormous skill and almost suicidal gallantry? The world knows the answer - now. What is puzzling, therefore, is this book's truthful depiction of the attitudes of some senior non-flying naval officers, and of the RAF, towards the men (and indeed the machine) that made possible the victory in the Falklands. This first-hand account charts, in detail, the naval pilots' journey to the South Atlantic, and how they took on and triumphantly conquered the challenges they faced. It is a dramatic story, leavened with accounts of the air-to-air fighting and of life in a squadron at sea and on a war footing. But it is also a tale of inter-Service rivalry, bureaucratic interference, and the less-than-generous attitudes of a number of senior commanders who should certainly have known better; indeed, some of them might even have lost the war through a lack of understanding of air warfare. The author attempts to put the record straight.

House of Reeds

Author : Thomas Harlan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429974931
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book House of Reeds written by Thomas Harlan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In five short centuries, the mighty Empire of the Méxica, descendants of the ancient Aztecs allied with Imperial Japan, has spread out to conquer the Earth, left the homeworld, and set its sights on the stars. But the universe is a dangerous place, filled with hidden powers and the relics of ancient civilizations. The Méxica are only the latest of the great Imperial powers to reach for the stars. But that doesn't stop Imperial Méxica from claiming control. Xenoarcheologist Gretchen Anderssen had hoped to enjoy her well-earned vacation. She hadn't seen her home-world or her children for many months. But the Company has other plans for her - when she checks in for her transport, she finds new orders for her team. It looks like only a small diversion - a quick trip to the Planet Jagen, to investigate reports of a possible First Sun artifact. She doesn't have to run an excavation, or even gain possession of the artifact. Just file a report. But it smells bad, says Gretchen's Hesht companion, Magdalena. David Parker, the Company pilot assigned to Anderssen's analysis team agrees. And they are so right. Gretchen, Magdalena, and Parker find themselves in very dangerous territory indeed. Because, unbeknownst to anyone at the Company, the Imperial Méxican Priesthood has decided to wage a war on Jagan - a war not of conquest or defense, but a "flowery war", planned and fomented for the purpose of blooding the Emperor's youngest son. Gretchen and her team are headed right into the middle of the battle. It may be a War of Flowers, but many people will die, and blood will flow in the streets. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Against All Odds!

Author : Bryan Perrett
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780225202
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Against All Odds! written by Bryan Perrett and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of dramatic military actions where a few fought against many, often with unbelievable success. From the Napoleonic Wars to Korea, Bryan Perrett has found a further 13 dramatic military actions where a few fought against many, often with unbelievable success. The events take place in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America; they are linked only by the bravery and devilment which led military men to risk their lives for a last ditch attempt to advance their cause. Attending to the important facts and statistics required by the military historian, the author avoids invention and undue surmise whilst also avoiding the dry lecturing style found in so many volumes describing military strategy. The result is an absorbing, exciting and above all accurate account of astonishing battlefield warfare: narrative history of the sort at which Bryan Perrett excels.

War Made New

Author : Max Boot
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592402229
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book War Made New written by Max Boot and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the pivotal role of technology in modern warfare focuses on four historical periods that shaped the rise and fall of empires, in a narrative account that covers such topics as gunpowder, the Industrial Revolution, and stealth aircraft. First serial, American Heritage.

Dark Sun

Author : Richard Rhodes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143912647X
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Dark Sun written by Richard Rhodes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years.

The Special Campaign Series: 1904 THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: First Period - The Concentration

Author : F. R. Sedgwick
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
ISBN 13 : 9781783315239
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Special Campaign Series: 1904 THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: First Period - The Concentration written by F. R. Sedgwick and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russo-Japanese War was fought during 1904 and 1905 between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.

A Bleeding Slaughterhouse

Author : Stuart Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780645328042
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book A Bleeding Slaughterhouse written by Stuart Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the hours before the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, the British Military Hospital Alexandra found itself isolated in a no-man's-land between the Japanese and Allied frontlines.This is the definitive account of what happened next, resulting in up to 300 Allied soldier-patients, nurses, orderlies and doctors being killed. Many by bayonet in their beds where they lay prone. Others by bayonet and machine gun after they were removed and held captive overnight in the Sisters' Quarters outhouse. One even on the operating theatre table awaiting surgery.A Bleeding Slaughterhouse tells the full story for the first time, examining the characters, causes and culpability of this two-day tsunami of terror.The story-driven narrative is based on first-hand interviews with survivors, and never-seen unpublished memoir notes. We enjoy pre-war colonial eccentricity, uncover a $3,000,000 corruption scandal, and get to know the main characters intimately. We also track what happened in the aftermath to the victors and the vanquished, meet some amazingly eminent medicos, and encounter some mind-blowing conspiracies in the War Crimes Trials. And name the guilty.

The Way We Bared Our Souls

Author : Willa Strayhorn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698137248
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Way We Bared Our Souls written by Willa Strayhorn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you could trade your biggest burden for someone else’s, would you do it? Five teenagers sit around a bonfire in the middle of the New Mexico desert. They don’t know it yet, but they are about to make the biggest sacrifice of their lives. Lo has a family history of MS, and is starting to come down with all the symptoms. Thomas, a former child soldier from Liberia, is plagued by traumatic memories of his war-torn past. Kaya would do anything to feel physical pain, but a rare condition called CIP keeps her numb. Ellen can’t remember who she was before she started doing drugs. Kit lost his girlfriend in a car accident and now he just can’t shake his newfound fear of death. When they trade totems as a symbol of shedding and adopting one another’s sorrows, they think it’s only an exercise. But in the morning, they wake to find their burdens gone…and replaced with someone else’s. As the reality of the ritual unfolds, this unlikely group of five embarks on a week of beautiful, terrifying experiences that all culminate in one perfect truth: In the end, your soul is stronger than your burdens. "Utterly original, haunting, and honest, Strayhorn's literally infectious story of fear and hope will change the way you view your flaws forever." --Una LaMarche, critically acclaimed author of Like No Other and Five Summers