Tsushima - Rotem Kowner

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Résumé :
The story of how the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy in 1905, marking the first modern victory of an Asian power over a major European power.

Biographie:
Rotem Kowner, Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa, Israel

Rotem Kowner is Professor of Japanese Studies and Naval History at the University of Haifa and a leading expert on the Russo-Japanese War. A founder and first chair of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa, his research interests include wartime behaviour in modern Japan, questions of race and racism in East Asia, and modern naval history. During the last two decades, Professor Kowner has written extensively and led joint research projects on the Russo-Japanese War, and in so doing played a major role in bringing this conflict and its global repercussions back into historical consideration.

Sommaire:
1 Background; 2 Analysis of the battle and its unique points; 3 The battle's immediate consequences and how it was seen at the time; 4 The Japanese legacy of Tsushima as a model decisive battle; 5 Tsushima and the destruction of the Imperial Russian Navy; 6 Tsushima's impact on naval warfare in the 20th century; Further Reading; Notes; Index