| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 512 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Preliminary Material / R. Kowner -- Introduction / R. Kowner -- Maps / R. Kowner -- 1. The Memory And Significance Of The Russo-Japanese War From A Centennial Perspective / Ben-Ami Shillony and Rotem Kowner -- 2. Guarding The Gates Of Our East Asia: Japanese Reactions To The Far Eastern Crisis (1897-98) As A Prelude To The War / Urs Matthias Zachmann -- 3. An Invitation To The Aquarium: Sergei Witte And The Origins Of Russia's War With Japan / David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye -- 4. "The Unknown Enemy:" The Siberian Frontier And The Russo-Japanese Rivalry, 1890s-1920s / Eva-Maria Stolber -- 5. The Clash Of Two Continental Empires: The Land War Reconsidered / Ian Nish -- 6. The Secret Factor: Japanese Network Of Intelligence-Gathering On Russia During The War / Inaba Chiharu and Rotem Kowner -- 7. Chaos Versus Cruelty: Sakhalin As A Secondary Theater Of Operations / Marie Sevela -- 8. The War And The Perception Of Japan By British Investors / Nathan Sussman and Yishay Yafeh -- 9. Realpolitik Or Jewish Solidarity? Jacob Schiff's Financial Support For Japan Revisited / Daniel Gutwein -- 10. The War, Military Expenditures, And Postbellum Fiscal And Monetary Policy In Japan / Ono Keishi -- 11. The Widow's Tears And The Soldier's Dream: Gender And Japanese Wartime Visual Culture / Shalmit Bejarano -- 12. School Songs, The War, And Nationalist Indoctrination In Japan / Ury Eppstein -- 13. Forgotten Heroes: Russian Women In The War / Yulia Mikhailova and Ikuta Michiko -- 14. The Dress Rehearsal? Russian Realism And Modernism Through War And Revolution / Aaron J. Cohen -- 15. The Scepter Of The Far East And The Crown Of The Third Rome: The War In The Mirror Of Russian Poetry / Anna Frajlich -- 16. The Impact Of The War On The Constitutional Government In Japan / Nikolai Ovsyannikov -- 17. The Legacy Of The War And The World Of Islam In Japanese Pan-Asian Discourse: Wakabayashi Han's Kaikyō Sekai To Nihon / Selçuk Esenbel -- 18. Soldiers' Unrest Behind The Front After The End Of The War / Jan Kusber -- 19. Imperial Russian War Planning For The Eurasian Space And The Impact Of The War / Alex Marshall -- 20. The War And British Strategic Foreign Policy / Keith Neilson -- 21. British War Correspondents And The War / Philip Towle -- 22. Participant Observation: Germany, The War, And The Road To A European Clash / Bernd Martin -- 23. Perceptions Of Russia In German Military Leadership During The War / Oliver Griffin -- 24. A Different View: The War In Austro-Hungarian Political Cartoons / Monika Lehner -- 25. A Reinterpretation Of The Ottoman Neutrality During The War / Halit Dündar Akarca -- 26. The Jewish Response To The War / Ben-Ami Shillony -- 27. Russo-Japanese Negotiations And The Japanese Annexation Of Korea / Huajeong Seok -- 28. Japan's Victory In Philippine, Vietnamese, And Burmese Perspectives / Gesa Westermann -- 29. The War And The British Invasion Of Tibet, 1904 / Gordon T. Stewart -- 30. Distant Echoes: The Reflection Of The War In The Middle East / Rina Bieganiec -- Bibliography / R. Kowner -- Index / R. Kowner |
| Summary |
Despite the growing number of publications on the Russo-Japanese War, an abundance of questions and issues related to this topic remain unsolved, or call for a reexamination. This 30-chapter volume, the first in the two-volume project Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War, provides a comprehensive reexamination of the origins of the conflict, the various dimensions of the nineteen-month conflagration, the legacy of the war, and its place in the history of the twentieth century. Such an enterprise is not only timely but unique. It has benefited from a multinational team of thirty-two scholars from twelve nations representing a broad disciplinary background. The majority of them focus on topics never researched before and without exception provide a novel and critical view of the war. This reexamination is, of course, facilitated by a century-long perspective as well as an impressive assortment of primary and secondary sources, many of them unexplored and, in a number of cases, unavailable earlier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- History
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069489
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069423
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kowner, Rotem.
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| ISBN |
9789004213432 |
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9004213430 |
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