The Tsar's last armada : the epic journey to the Battle of Tsushima / Constantine Pleshakov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pleshakov, Konstantin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tsushima, Battle of, 1905.

Physical Description:

xx, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [2002]

Summary:

On May 14-15, 1905, in the Tsushima Straits near Japan, an entire Russian fleet was annihilated, its ships sunk, scattered, or captured by the Japanese. With a novelist's eye and a historian's authority, Pleshakov tells of the Russian squadron's long, difficult journey and swift, horrible defeat.

Contents:

Part 1 Race

1 "The First Ball of the Tsar," 1890-1904 3

2 "Master the Sea!" January-August 1904 25

3 "Rumors from the Bazaar," August-October 1904 69

4 "This Is a Miserable Fleet," October 4-23, 1904, Western Europe 91

5 "We Have No Coast Batteries in Dakar!" October 23-December 16, 1904, African Coast 115

Part 2 Lingering

6 "The Yacht Squadron," October 1904-January 1905, Red Sea 151

7 "Nossibeisk," December 16, 1904-March 3, 1905, Madagascar 169

8 "Ten Guns Done Up in India Rubber," March 1905, Indian Ocean 203

9 "A Hole Coated in Iron," March 26-May 1, 1905, Indochina 217

10 "Be Prepared for Full Steam Ahead," May 1-13, 1905, Pacific Ocean 247

Part 3 Battle

11 "They Are All There!" 6:30 A.M.-5:30 P.M., May 14, 1905 261

12 "Follow the Admiral," 5:30 P.M., May 14-1 P.M., May 15, 1905 277

13 "Slutty Old Geezer," May 14-21, 1905 287

14 "Throw Me Overboard," 5:30 P.M., May 14-6 A.M., May 16, 1905 299

15 "Return Soon," May-November 1905 309

16 "The Insulted Russian People," November 3, 1905-January 1, 1909 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.

ISBN:

0465057918

OCLC:

48162972