Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Introduction / Ian Nish -- Chapter I The Outlook for Japan / Ian Nish -- Chapter II The Outlook for Russia / Ian Nish -- Chapter III Russian Troops, Reinforcements, and Communications / Ian Nish -- Chapter IV The Pacific Squadron Leaves Port / Ian Nish -- Chapter V The Surprise at Port Arthur / Ian Nish -- Chapter VI The Lesson of Port Arthur / Ian Nish -- Chapter VII 1812? / Ian Nish -- Chapter VIII Preliminary Operations, February 15—MARCH 7 / Ian Nish -- Chapter IX Russian Ideas Upon Things Japanese / Ian Nish -- Chapter X Japan’s Strategical Problem / Ian Nish -- Chapter XI The Chinese Factor / Ian Nish -- Chapter XII Amphibious Power / Ian Nish -- Chapter XIII The Cossacks / Ian Nish -- Chapter XIV The Entanglement of Port Arthur / Ian Nish -- Chapter XV The Situation in April / Ian Nish -- Chapter XVI The Battle of the Yalu / Ian Nish -- Chapter XVII The Landing of the Second Army / Ian Nish -- Chapter XVIII The Army of Manchuria / Ian Nish -- Chapter XIX The Situation Towards the End of May / Ian Nish -- Chapter XX The Battle of Kinchou / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXI The Tribulations of a General / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXII Japan’s Debt to Meckel / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXIII Concerning First-Class Impregnable Fortresses / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXIV The Russian Counter-Offensive, June 14–23 / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXV Events from June 26 to August 10 / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXVI The Situation in Mid-August / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXVII The Battle of Liauyang / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXVIII The Germans at Sea / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXIX War and Finance / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXX Japanese Lines of Communication / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXI The Situation at the End of September / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXII Russian Armies and the Russian People / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXIII The Soul of a Nation / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXIV The Battle of the Shaho, October 9—17 / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXV The North Sea Incident / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXVI The Situation at the End of November / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXVII De Profundis / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXVIII The Fall of Port Arthur / Ian Nish -- Chapter XXXIX The Situation in January, 1905 / Ian Nish -- Chapter XL The Battle of Heikautai / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLI A Year of War / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLII The Campaign of 1905 / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLIII The Battle of Mukden / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLIV Cause and Effect / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLV Clausewitz in Manchuria / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLVI Kuropatkin’s Supersession / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLVII The Progress and Fate of the Russian Armada / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLVIII Admiral Togo’s Report of the Battle of the Sea of Japan / Ian Nish -- Chapter XLIX Our Warning from Manchuria / Ian Nish -- Chapter L Nunc Dimittis / Ian Nish -- Back Matter.

An in-depth look at reports, documents, etc. describing one of the most important conflicts of the twentieth century. It was the first time that the East (Japan) fought and defeated the West (Russia). It has been described as the first step on the way to the First and Second World Wars. The print edition is available as a set of eight volumes (9781901903065).

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