9781138858909-1138858900-Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 2

Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9781138858909
ISBN-10: 1138858900
Edition: 1
Author: Phyllis Birnbaum, Shiba Ryōtarō
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 404 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781138858909
ISBN-10: 1138858900
Edition: 1
Author: Phyllis Birnbaum, Shiba Ryōtarō
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 404 pages

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Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 2 (ISBN-13: 9781138858909 and ISBN-10: 1138858900), written by authors Phyllis Birnbaum, Shiba Ryōtarō, was published by Routledge in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 2 (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.77.

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Clouds above the Hill is one of the best-selling novels ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Best-selling author Shiba Ryōtarō devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster, which features Japan's emerging onto the world stage by the early years of the twentieth century.

In Volume II, Meiji Japan is on a collision course with Russia, as Russian troops stationed in Manchuria ignore repeated calls to withdraw. Admiral Tōgō leads a blockade and subsequent skirmish at the strategically vital and heavily fortified Port Arthur, whilst Yoshifuru’s cavalry in Manchuria maneuvers for position as it approaches the Russian Army lines. The two armies clash at the battle of Liaoyang, where Japan seals a victory which shocks the world.

Anyone curious as to how the "tiny, rising nation of Japan" was able to fight so fiercely for its survival should look no further. Clouds above the Hill is an exciting, human portrait of a modernizing nation that goes to war and thereby stakes its very existence on a desperate bid for glory in East Asia.

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