1st Edition
The Tide at Sunrise A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05
By Peggy Warner
Copyright 1974
676 Pages
by
Routledge
672 Pages
by
Routledge
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,... Read more
Warships IFR Literary supplement "a gripping account of what the author"s remind us was the first war to be fough with modern weapons
Biography
Peggy Warner
'Excellent text, full of illuminating anecdotes, fluent and readable.' - Casemate
