The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective: World War Zero, Volume 2

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David Wolff, John W. Steinberg
BRILL, 2005 - History - 583 pages
Like Volume one, Volume two of "The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective" examines the Russo-Japanese War in its military, diplomatic, social, political, and cultural context. In this volume East Asian contributors focus on the Asian side of the war to flesh out the assertion that the Russo-Japanese War was, in fact, World War Zero, the first global conflict of the 20th century. The contributors demonstrate that the Russo-Japanese War, largely forgotten in the aftermath of World War I, actually was a precursor to the catastrophe that engulfed the world less than a decade after the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth. This study also helps us better understand Japan as it emerged at the beginning of its fateful 20th century.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION THE RUSSOJAPANESE WAR IN TRANSNATIONAL HISTORY Iriye Akira
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PART I MILITARY VISIONS AND REVISIONS
11
PART II THE HOME FRONT
203
PART III THE CULTURAL PRISM
355
PART IVREGIONAL RELATIONS DURING AND AFTER THE WAR
433
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
571
INDEX
577
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