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020			_a080329266X (pbk.): _c15.00 US
100		1	_aSAKURAI Tadayoshi
245		0	_aHuman bullets: _ba soldier's story of Port Arthur / _cTadayoshi Sakurai.
260			_aLincoln, Neb. USA: _bUniv Nebraska Press, _c1999
300			_a270p.
520		3	_aCover 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.
650			_aPERSONAL ACCOUNTS
650			_aRUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904-1905
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