Atlantic Heights: A World War I Shipbuilder's Community
Published by Portsmouth Marine Society, Portsouth, 1985
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Signed by author with inscription to former owner on half-title page. Clean and solid. ; B&W Illustrations; tall 8vo; 181 pages; Signed by Richard M. Candee.
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- Title
- Atlantic Heights: A World War I Shipbuilder's Community
- Author
- Candee, Richard M.
- Publisher
- Portsmouth Marine Society, Portsouth
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0915819074
- ISBN 13
- 9780915819072
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
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- World War One
For eighteen months, Japan and Russia fought over territorial rights in Manchuria and Korea. Although President Theodore Roosevelt had supported Japan's claims against Russia, the president was concerned about the balance of power in the Far East as Japan won victory after victory.
After a prolonged diplomatic effort Roosevelt was able to convince the belligerents to settle their differences peacefully. When Russia and Japan agreed to meet in Washington, D. C., for the peace conference, Portsmouth was selected because it was cooler in the summer than Washington, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard provided security for discussions, and the Hotel Wentworth offered superb accommodations.
Although Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for his efforts in bringing the participants to the peace table, many have forgotten the war and the treaty, but not the Japanese where the treaty is remembered as an event that signaled Japan's entry into the ranks of important and powerful nations.
This is only book devoted to the Russo-Japanese War and the treaty negotiations to deal with local events and to feature the many photographs taken during the conference period. In preparing this new edition, we have added several photographs, and provided a new introduction outlining various events and activities since the first edition was published in 1985. Plans are currently underway in Portsmouth to celebrate and remember the Portsmouth Peace Conference in 2005, the 100th anniversary of the treaty.
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