Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The horrors of the First World War - the machine guns, trench tactics, barbed wire and pounding artillary, came as a ghastly surprise to the generals.Yet they should, and could, have known better. In 1904 Japan and Russia had gone to war for dominance of the East. The war which caused the Russian bear to tumble and the Rising Sun of Japan to begin its ascendancy in the East has long deserved the full and vivid analysis which the author here presents. The right top corner is wrinkled a bit, there is a spot on the outside pages along the vertical, and the pages are lightly soiled along the outside bottom right corner. Does not go into the pages. There is a bookmark from prior owner and on the inside back cover two abbreviations written there. 300 pages, all fine, no marks. Includes maps, photographs, 5 appendices, bibliography and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

RUSSO JAPANESE WAR 1904 1905 0415071437 TEXTBOOKS COLLEGE SOCIAL SCIENCES