Mark Peattie

Mark R. Peattie was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He wrote and cowrote seven books including Kaigun before his death in early 2014.

Articles by Mark Peattie

Satō Tetsutarō and Japanese Strategy

By Mark R. Peattie and David C. Evans

September 1990

The pre-dreadnoughts operating in the Battle of Yalu were part of the naval force that helped Japan emerge on the world stage during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Dr. Michael J. Crawford & Mark R. Peattie

April 1998

Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century Ivan Musicant. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1998. 750 pp. Bib. Ind. Maps. Notes. Photos. $37.50 ...

Ill Winds Blow

By David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie

October 1997

The typhoons of 1934-35 took a toll on the Japanese destroyers Yugiri and Mutsuki and the carrier Ryujo. However, the lessons the Japanese learned from the experience helped them launch ...

Books by Mark Peattie

Kaigun

Softcover