A lively account of one of the greatest naval battles in history retraces the fateful journey of the Tsar's armada from the Suez Canal to the Korea Straight, where it was destroyed by the Japanese Navy in 1905. Reprint.
목차 Foreword xv
Acknowledgments xix
PART ONE RACE
``The First Ball of the Tsar,'' 1890--1904 3(22)
``Master the Sea!'' January--August 1904 25(44)
``Rumors from the Bazaar,'' August--October 1904 69(22)
``This Is a Miserable Fleet,'' October 4--23, 1904, Western Europe 91(24)
``We Have No Coast Batteries in Dakar!'' October 23--December 16, 1904, African Coast 115(36)
PART TWO LINGERING
``The Yacht Squadron,'' October 1904--January 1905, Red Sea 151(18)
``Nossibeisk,'' December 16, 1904--March 3, 1905, Madagascar 169(34)
``Ten Guns Done Up in India Rubber,'' March 1905, Indian Ocean 203(14)
``A Hole Coated in Iron,'' March 26--May 1, 1905, Indochina 217(30)
``Be Prepared for Full Steam Ahead,'' May 1--13, 1905, Pacific Ocean 247(14)
PART THREE BATTLE
``They Are All There!'' 6:30 A.M.--5:30 P.M., May 14, 1905 261(16)
``Follow the Admiral,'' 5:30 P.M., May 14--1 P.M., May 15, 1905 277(10)
``Slutty Old Geezer,'' May 14--21, 1905 287(12)
``Throw Me Overboard,'' 5:30 P.M., May 14--6 A.M., May 16, 1905 299(10)
``Return Soon,'' May--November 1905 309(12)
``The Insulted Russian People,'' November 3, 1905--January 1, 1909 321(18)
Notes 339(32)
Selected Bibliography 371(6)
Index 377
