Russia Against Japan:
When I first picked up J.N. Westwood’s book about the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), I had very little knowledge of the conflict. I remember studying it briefly in high school, but as I recall, it was only mentioned for the simple fact that it was the first time an Asian country had taken on and defeated a major world power in a war. Beyond that point, my knowledge was no more than speculation. However, now that I have read Mr. Westwood’s book, I feel that I have a much better understanding of this conflict that occurred almost a hundred years ago. In his preface, he states that he is trying to provide an account of the Russo-Japanese War that does not rely on books like the British Official History, memoirs and, "worst of all," contemporary newspaper accounts. He explains that most of these accounts were of unreliable origin and, in the case of newspaper accounts, even intentionally dishonest since "most writers accepted that unreliable sources make the most exciting nar!ratives." What he used instead was an abundance of accounts written in Russian that had previously been neglected. His hope was to use these materials to display the war from "new or long
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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