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Naval War College: Full Spring 2005 Issue N A V A L W A R C O L L E G E NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW R E V I E W Spring 2005 Volume 58, Number 2 Spring 2005 Spring N ES AV T A A L T W S A D R E C T I O L N L U E E G H E T I VIRIBU OR A S CT MARI VI Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2005 1 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Naval War College Review, Vol. 58 [2005], No. 2, Art. 1 Cover The Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905: Russian sailors abandoning a beached warship are rescued by Japanese fisher- men and naval personnel in a painting by Henry Reuterdahl that appeared on the cover of the 17 June 1905 issue of Collier’s magazine. The incident is ap- parently imaginary (as was characteristic of the work of Reuterdahl, who was to be- come famous as a World War I poster artist); however, a tradition survives in Japan that Russian crews were in fact rescued in such ways. This number of Collier’s, which appeared immediately after the epochal battle of Tsushima (27– 29 May), printed an analysis of that en- gagement by Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan: “The Battle of the Sea of Japan: A Critical Estimate of the Elements of Togo’s Era-Making Victory” (pp. 12–13). The Japanese commander at Tsushima, Admiral Heihachiro Togo, observed Mahan, had shown himself “a naval offi- cer who, beyond all others at the moment, can appreciate . the real possibilities open to each branch of naval warfare.” How Admiral Togo achieved such profes- sional mastery—more broadly, how the highest Japanese politico-military leader- ship performed in its first major challenge in the global arena—are the subjects of our lead article, by Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, Director General of the Joint Staff Office, Japanese Defense Agency, the equivalent of the U.S. Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 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Other Naval War College Offices 401.841.3089 ISSN 0028-1484 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol58/iss2/1 4 C:\WIP\NWCR\NWC Review Spring 2005.vp Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:23:02 PM Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Naval War College: Full Spring 2005 Issue CONTENTS President’s Forum . 5 The Russo-Japanese War Primary Causes of Japanese Success. 11 Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force In the first years of the twentieth century, Japanese leaders, with little experience in international issues, raised the nation’s stature, developed appropriate strategies, showed excellent qualities of leadership and coordination, and so won a crucial victory in the Russo-Japanese War. But if that was the high point of Imperial Japan, it was also the beginning of the end. Space-Based Weapons Long-Term Strategic Implications and Alternatives . 45 Captain David C. Hardesty, U.S. Navy Basing weapons in space might in the short term increase U.S. military capabilities, but their broader, long-term effect would be negative—especially because of likely foreign responses, inherent vulnerabilities, and crisis destabilization. A decision not to deploy weapons in space, and a treaty discouraging other nations from deploying them, would be much more in the national interest. If the Nuclear Taboo Gets Broken . 71 George H. Quester Another use of nuclear weapons, for the first time since Nagasaki, is far from inevitable, but giving advance thought to the ways it could happen and to the policies that would be appropriate in response may be essential to heading it off. The Unraveling and Revitalization of U.S. Navy Antisubmarine Warfare . 93 John R. Benedict Antisubmarine warfare in the U.S. Navy has been allowed to deteriorate since the end of the Cold War. The growing threat demands that ASW be restored to health, and the Navy appears to be on the brink of a real commitment.