This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological and human dimensions of Russia's war effort interleaved in the course of the conflict.

Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman

Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Russian context and Manchurian setting, 2. Railways and empire, 3. The railway and the war, 4. War on ice, 5. The dawn of modern conflict, 6. The railway and hostilities, 7. On the hills of Manchuria, Notes, Bibliography, Index