Russo Japanese War Essay

Choose ONLY ONE of the following questions to answer for this essay:
1.) Why were the Japanese so successful in their war against Russia in 1904-1905 and so unsuccessful in their war against the United States in 1941-1945? OR 2.) Which operations of the Pacific War are the most important for military planners to learn lessons from in the twenty first century? OR 3.) Who had done a better job of prewar preparation for the Pacific War -- the United States or Japan? ***PLEASE NO PLAGIARISM!!! 
Key points to consider: Write an essay that addresses the question and has a clearly-stated thesis, A sound effort which meets all five standards of a superior Strategy and War essay. A well-executed essay that includes complete analysis of the question. Offers a genuinely new understanding of the topic and Indicates brilliance. An organized, coherent and well-written paper that clearly warrants publication. An insightful essay and inclusion of a counterargument that explores the case which could be made against the offered thesis must be included. ***Start with a declarative statement identifying your position. In one or two sentences add five key points you will use to support your position. - Assume that everyone did the reading and knows the history, do not do a long historical introduction. - Next expand upon and explain each of your key points relevance to your position and possibly each other. Each of these points should be about a page and a half to two pages. This constitues the body of your essay. - Next recognize that there are other points of view by presenting a counter argument. - Refute the counter by identifying the weakness in the argument or the greater strength of your argument. - Finish by restating your thesis very concisely. Leave the reader believing your position. - REMEMBER that this is about the analysis that supports your position!, not about retelling history.
*****Use at least 8-10 if not all of the following references: 1.)Frank, Ending the Pacific War: Harry Truman and the Decision to Drop the Bomb. (http://www(dot)fpri(dot)org/articles/2009/04/ending-pacific-war-harry-truman-and-decision-drop-bomb)
2.) Millet, Assault from the Sea: The Development of Amphibious Warfare between the War: The American, British, and Japanese Experiences.
3.) Krepinevich, Transforming to Victory: The U.S. Navy, Carrier Aviation, and Preparing for War in the Pacific.
4.) Wylie, Excerpt from "Reflections on the War in the Pacific" (https://navalwarcollege(dot)blackboard(dot)com/bbcswebdav/pid-375272-dt-content-rid-5513_1/xid-5513_1?target=blank).
5.) Memorandum for the President: The Dangerous Strategic Situation in the Pacific Ocean. (https://navalwarcollege(dot)blackboard(dot)com/webapps/blackboard/execute/content/file?cmd=view&content_id=_375263_1&course_id=_4298_1).
6.) Spruance, Sea Power Lectures.
7.) Cohen, The Might-Have-Beens of Pearl Harbor. (https://navalwarcollege(dot)blackboard(dot)com/bbcswebdav/pid-375264-dt-content-rid-5505_1/xid-5505_1?target=blank).
8.)The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pages 280-439, 579-95. 
9.) The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1977. Chapters 1-2. 
10.) Fischer, David Hackett. Washington’s Crossing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pages 7-50, 66-205, 346-379. 
11.) Handel, Michael I. Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought. Third, Revised and Expanded Edition. London: Cass, 2001. Pages 255-276. 
13.) Mahan, Alfred Thayer. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783. New York: Hill and Wang, 1957 or New York: Dover, 1987. Introductory, Chapters 1, 9-11, and 14. 
14.) Carpenter, Stanley D.M. “British Strategic Failure in the Southern Campaign, 1778-1781.” Naval War College Unpublished Paper, 2008. 
15.) Conway, Stephen. “To Subdue America: British Army Officers and the Conduct of the Revolutionary War,” William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 43, No. 3 (July 1986), 381-407. 
16.) Kurland, Fundamental Documents of the American Revolution.
17.) Andidora R. "Admiral Togo an Adaptive Strategist". pg52-61. 
18.) Corbett J.S. (2005)."MARITIME OPERATIONS IN THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904-1905. Naval Institute Press.
19.) Elleman. B.A. (2005).''The Sino-Japanese War and the Partitioning of China" Extract from MODERN CHINESE WARFARE, 1795-1989 . Routledge.
20.) Paine. S.C.(2004). "THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR OF 1894-1895 PERCEPTIONS, POWER, AND PRIMACY" . Journal of Japanese Studies.
21.) Mahan A.T. (1908)."Retrospect Upon the War Between Japanand Russia". NAVAL ADMINISTRATION AND WARFARE SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES . Boston : Little, Brown, and Co.
22.) "THE RUS50-JAPANESE WAR", Primary Causes of Japanese Success, by Vice AdmiraL Yoji Koda, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.