The Russo-japanese War in Global Perspective
Subtitle: World War Zero (History of Warfare)
Contributors: David Wolff (Editor); Steve G. Marks (Editor); Bruce W. Menning (Editor); David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye (Editor); John W. Steinberg (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: February 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9789004154162
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; War & defence operations; c 1900 - c 1914; History; History - General History; History: World; Japan; Russia; General
First sentence: The origins of Japan's surprise attack on the Russian Pacific Squadron at Port Arthur in February 1904 can be traced back more than a century before the hostilities that would decide mastery in East Asia erupted.