"... an account of how Japan came to be the leading Asian power of
the early Twentieth Century....opens with four chapters that offer
some background on the combatants in the years leading up to the
war, discussing the origins of the conflict, and the respective
military forces and plans. He then covers the events in Korea that
precipitated the hostilities. There follow a series of chapters of
varying length that cover the events of the war, setting them
within the political developments leading up to China's defeat and
the peace process. Having the benefit of the most recent research
into the war, Olender often points out problems and outright errors
in earlier accounts, particularly those done in the period
immediately following the war, often heavily influenced by personal
accounts and newspaper stories. This is a good read for anyone
interested in the naval and military history of the period, or of
the region."-- "The NYMAS Review"
Photos, annotations, maps, charts, tables, bibliography, index and
transliteration notes season MMP's superb study. Five appendices
recap participating vessels, naval artillery, torpedoes,
comparative service ranks, and Japanese ship commanders. And a
concluding section showcases 1:350 starboard drawings of 36 Chinese
and Japanese warships... The brief, bitter Sino-Japanese naval war
forged the tactical and technological foundation of Japan's victory
over Russia a decade later. "China," the author observes,
"practically became a quasi-colony" of European imperialists - and
entered a half-century of "internal/social unrest". Likewise,
Japan's expansionist ambitions only ended with its total defeat in
World War II - 50 years on.-- "Cybermodeler"
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