The Russo-Japanese war in global perspective : World War Zero. / Volume 2 / / edited by David Wolff ... [et al.].

• Superior document: History of warfare, v. 40
• TeilnehmendeR: Steinberg, John W.; Wolf, David, 1960-; Wolff, David, 1960-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; v. 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (631 p.)
• Notes: Vol. 2 edited by David Wolff ... [and others].
• Other title: World War Zero; Preliminary material /; Introduction - The Russo-Japanese war in transnational history /; Study your enemy: Russian military and naval attachés in Japan /; Miscalculating one’s enemies: Russian intelligence prepares for war /; Differences regarding Togo’s surprise attack on Port Arthur /; Between two Japano-Russian wars: Strategic Learning re-appraised /; Military observers, eurocentrism, and World War Zero /; Approaching total war: Ivan Bloch’s disturbing vision /; Japan justifies war by the “open door”: 1903 as turning point /; Riding the rails: The japanese railways meet the challenge of war /; Japan’s monetary mobilization for war /; Patriotic recession: Kyoto responds to war /; Why did Japan fail to become the “Britain” of Asia? /; Unsuccessful National unity: The russian home front in 1904 /; Shifting contours of memory and history, 1904–1980 /; White hope or yellow peril?: Bushido, Britain, and the Raj /; Natsume Soseki’s nuanced views of the conflict /; Serial war: Egawa Tatsuya’s tale of the Russo-Japanese War /; A Damocles sword?: Korean hopes betrayed /; The war and US-Korean relations /; The miscellany and mixed: The war and chinese nationalism /; Qing China’s northeast crescent: The great game revisited /; Portsmouth denied: The chinese attempt to attend /; The “rat minister”: Komura Jutaro and U.S.-Japan relations /; Notes on contributors /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281400734; 9786611400736; 9047411129
• ISSN: 1385-7827
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by David Wolff ... [et al.].

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 confl ict 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.