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Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin 11 reviews Neal Bascomb
Mariner Books, 2008
A Great Read - and a lesson in politcal leadership
+ A well-crafted adventure + Exceptional + Page-Turner
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Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan (Cassell Military Paperbacks) 8 reviews Richard Connaughton
Cassell, 2007
An Rich, Detailed Military History
+ Excellent Book
There are not a great number of modern histories of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, but Richard Connaughton's Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear is clearly the best. The author, with 30 year's experience in the British Army and access to British official records on the war, brings a richer and more ...
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FLEET THAT HAD TO DIE: New Edition 5 reviews Richard Hough
Birlinn, 2004
The Perfect Naval Epic
+ What could be more funny than clueless Russians? + The loss of the Russian fleet in the Straits of Korea. + Ballantine Version Used to Be 50 Cents
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The Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 (Men-at-Arms) 6 reviews Alexei Ivanov
Osprey Publishing, 2004
Balanced overview of the Armies
+ Men at Arms Russo-Japanes War + Osprey Publishing At Its Best + One of the best Osprey MAA titles
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Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest) Rotem Kowner
The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2006
Through a wide-ranging introduction, a detailed chronology, a photo spread, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on military and political leaders, major battles and lesser skirmishes, tactics, strategy, weaponry, and the causes and consequences, a full picture of this pivotal war is provided. For the enterprising researcher, a useful bibliography is also included.
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Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) 201 reviews Edmund Morris
Modern Library, 2002
A Whirwind Hits the White House
+ Very worthy effort that leaves me wanting more, not less, + An Excellent Portrait of a Great President + A Window into Roosevelt's Presidency
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The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 6 reviews Geoffrey Jukes
Osprey Publishing, 2002
The Difference Between Competent and Incompetent Militaries
+ Good intro to this conflict + First War of Expansion in the 20th Century
Not all books by Osprey Publishing are created equal. This book, however, is one of the better ones in the Essential Histories series. The book is well organized and follows a clear chronological path. The largest chapter in the book deals with Russian and Japanese maneuvers. Although the last ...
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Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship: Yellow Sea 1904-05 (Duel) Robert Forczyk
Osprey Publishing, 2009
The first major clash between a European and Asian state in the modern era signalled the beginning of Japan's rise as a major power on the world stage. What began as differing expansionist interests in Manchuria and Korea developed into a full-blown war in 1904, with an unexpected outcome. Watched by the rest of the world's superpowers, this incredibly violent war was disastrous for the Russians ...
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Human Bullets A Soldier's Story Of Port Author 1 review Tadayoshi Sakurai, Count Okuma
Kessinger Publishing, 2004
Don't Step On the Corpses!
The titanic struggle between the Russian Army of Tsar Nicholas II and the Imperial Japanese Army for the fortress of Port Arthur-- The Imperial Russian Navy's most important Far Eastern Naval Base -- is the setting for this enlightening but troubling memoir by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai. Very ...
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The Tides at Sunrise : A History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 Denis; Warner, Peggy Warner
Charterhouse, 1974
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With Russian, Japanese And Chunchuse: The Experiences Of An Englishman During The Russo-Japanese War 1 review Ernest Brindle
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007
Embeds: Back In The Day
More than 600 journalists traveled with U.S. forces in Iraq as part of the Pentagon's embedded journalist program. Sent to make first-hand accounts of the war, these reporters signed contracts with the military that limited who they were allowed to report on.
The Iraq War was not the first time ...
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Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery, A 3 reviews Sebastian Dobson, Anne Nishimura Morse, ...
MFA Publications, 2005
An exceptional testimony to both art and reporting
+ Great Artwork Becomes Great Propaganda
A Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery could just as easily have been featured in our 'Art' review section: it's that packed with lovely woodblock prints, postcard reproductions, and other visuals which represented the first fully reported struggle. It's featured here so ...
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The Tides at Sunrise : A History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 Denis; Warner, Peggy Warner
Charterhouse, 1974
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With Russian, Japanese And Chunchuse: The Experiences Of An Englishman During The Russo-Japanese War 1 review Ernest Brindle
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007
Embeds: Back In The Day
More than 600 journalists traveled with U.S. forces in Iraq as part of the Pentagon's embedded journalist program. Sent to make first-hand accounts of the war, these reporters signed contracts with the military that limited who they were allowed to report on.
The Iraq War was not the first time ...
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The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 6 reviews Geoffrey Jukes
Osprey Publishing, 2002
The Difference Between Competent and Incompetent Militaries
+ Good intro to this conflict + First War of Expansion in the 20th Century
Not all books by Osprey Publishing are created equal. This book, however, is one of the better ones in the Essential Histories series. The book is well organized and follows a clear chronological path. The largest chapter in the book deals with Russian and Japanese maneuvers. Although the last ...
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Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship: Yellow Sea 1904-05 (Duel) Robert Forczyk
Osprey Publishing, 2009
The first major clash between a European and Asian state in the modern era signalled the beginning of Japan's rise as a major power on the world stage. What began as differing expansionist interests in Manchuria and Korea developed into a full-blown war in 1904, with an unexpected outcome. Watched by the rest of the world's superpowers, this incredibly violent war was disastrous for the Russians ...
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Human Bullets A Soldier's Story Of Port Author 1 review Tadayoshi Sakurai, Count Okuma
Kessinger Publishing, 2004
Don't Step On the Corpses!
The titanic struggle between the Russian Army of Tsar Nicholas II and the Imperial Japanese Army for the fortress of Port Arthur-- The Imperial Russian Navy's most important Far Eastern Naval Base -- is the setting for this enlightening but troubling memoir by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai. Very ...
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The Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 (Men-at-Arms) 6 reviews Alexei Ivanov
Osprey Publishing, 2004
Balanced overview of the Armies
+ Men at Arms Russo-Japanes War + Osprey Publishing At Its Best + One of the best Osprey MAA titles
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Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery, A 3 reviews Sebastian Dobson, Anne Nishimura Morse, ...
MFA Publications, 2005
An exceptional testimony to both art and reporting
+ Great Artwork Becomes Great Propaganda
A Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery could just as easily have been featured in our 'Art' review section: it's that packed with lovely woodblock prints, postcard reproductions, and other visuals which represented the first fully reported struggle. It's featured here so ...
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FLEET THAT HAD TO DIE: New Edition 5 reviews Richard Hough
Birlinn, 2004
The Perfect Naval Epic
+ What could be more funny than clueless Russians? + The loss of the Russian fleet in the Straits of Korea. + Ballantine Version Used to Be 50 Cents
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