The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War

Book Overview

The Russo-Japanese War was the major conflict of the earliest decade of the twentieth century. The struggle for mastery in northeast Asia, specifically for control of Korea, was watched at the time very closely by observers from many other countries keen to draw lessons about the conduct of war in the modern industrial age. The defeat of a traditional European power by a non-white, non-western nation became a model for imitation and admiration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415368243
• ISBN13: 9780415368247
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"