Human bullets: a soldier's story of Port Arthur / Tadayoshi Sakurai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln, Neb. USA: Univ Nebraska Press, 1999Description: 270pISBN:
  • 080329266X (pbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: Cover sub-title: a soldier's story of the Russo-Japanese war. This is a first hand account by a Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army of the campaign against Port Arthur, Russia's ice-free port in China during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. The impact of this war was considerable being the first Asian victory over a European power since the thirteenth century. The book also introduces the concept of yamato-damashii (traditional Japanese spirit) which was such an important element in maintaining morale, discipline, and cohesion among the Japanese troops.
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Cover sub-title: a soldier's story of the Russo-Japanese war. This is a first hand account by a Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army of the campaign against Port Arthur, Russia's ice-free port in China during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. The impact of this war was considerable being the first Asian victory over a European power since the thirteenth century. The book also introduces the concept of yamato-damashii (traditional Japanese spirit) which was such an important element in maintaining morale, discipline, and cohesion among the Japanese troops.

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