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The major naval powers-Britain, America, Russia, and Japan-have all played a part in the theater of war at sea over the last one hundred years. Naval fighting has always been a rapidly developing affair, and in no century have changes been so swift and fundamental. In 1905, when this book begins, the first major engagement between ironclad fleets-the Battle of Tsu-Shima-took place in the Far East and decided the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war in...