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Post by antonin on Aug 20, 2014 20:00:20 GMT -6
As I play the SAI Campaign Extension I am reading Paul Halpern's "A Naval History of World War I."
I'm going to buy SAI-RJW soon, and was wondering if anyone could recommend a naval history of the RJW that is as good as Halpern's book.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Aug 20, 2014 20:47:55 GMT -6
Russo-Japanese Naval War 1905 Volumes 1 & 2 by Piotr Olender
The Last Century of Sea Power Volume 1 From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922 by H. P. Willmott
www.russojapanesewar.com/intro.html
Enjoy
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Post by randomizer on Aug 20, 2014 23:21:28 GMT -6
Contemporary works by participants and witnesses are often riddled with glaring omissions, propaganda and nationalist hyperbole. Use with caution. That said the Russo-Japanese War Historical Society referenced above is an indispensable resource but it suffers from solely period sources except for a handful of Society Member prepared articles, with the associated bias' that are frequently manifest in accounts written during or just after the actual events. Still, there is much of interest and value there and it is well worth multiple visits.
Some modern works, perhaps more balanced and probably far better researched include:
Contantine Pleshakov - The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle of Tsushima. ISBN 0465057918
Piotr Olender - The Russo Japanese Naval War 1904-1905 in two impressively illustrated volumes: Volume 1 covers the lead up to war and the Port Arthur/Yellow Sea theatre. ISBN 9788389450487 Volume 2 covers Vladivostok, the Sea of Japan, Global Raider Operations and the voyage to and battle of Tsushima. ISBN 9788361421023
A general history of the entire War but containing some excellent naval coverage is David and Peggy Warner - The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05. No ISBN but used copies are available on line and pretty cheap.
From a Japanese standpoint it is difficult to do much better than the relevant chapters of David Evans and Mark Peattie's Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy 1887-1941. ISBN 9780870211928
An oldie (published 1958) but very readable is Richard Hough's classic history of the Second Pacific Squadron: The Fleet that Had to Die. No ISBN but available used, usually in paperback. Differs in many details from Pleshakov's account but Mr. Hough lacked access to the Russian Naval Archives used to write The Tsar's Last Armada.
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Post by antonin on Aug 23, 2014 19:41:09 GMT -6
Thanks very much for the recommendations, guys.
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