The Russo-Japanese war in global perspective : : World War Zero / / edited by John W. Steinberg ... [and others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Steinberg, John W.; Wolff, David, 1960-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2005-2007.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare, v. 29, 40; History of Warfare 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (631 p.)
• Notes: Vol. 2 edited by David Wolff ... [and others].

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / D. Wolff , S.G. Marks , B.W. Menning , D. Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye , J.W. Steinberg and S. Yokote -- Introduction - The Russo-Japanese war in transnational history / Iriye Akira -- Study your enemy: Russian military and naval attachés in Japan / Wada Haruki -- Miscalculating one’s enemies: Russian intelligence prepares for war / Bruce W. Menning -- Differences regarding Togo’s surprise attack on Port Arthur / Aizawa Kiyoshi -- Between two Japano-Russian wars: Strategic Learning re-appraised / Yokote Shinji -- Military observers, eurocentrism, and World War Zero / David Jones -- Approaching total war: Ivan Bloch’s disturbing vision / Tohmatsu Haruo -- Japan justifies war by the “open door”: 1903 as turning point / Kato Yoko -- Riding the rails: The japanese railways meet the challenge of war / Steven J. Ericson -- Japan’s monetary mobilization for war / Ono Keishi -- Patriotic recession: Kyoto responds to war / Takemoto Tomoyuki -- Why did Japan fail to become the “Britain” of Asia? / Tadokoro Masayuki -- Unsuccessful National unity: The russian home front in 1904 / Tsuchiya Yoshifuru -- Shifting contours of memory and history, 1904–1980 / Chiba Isao -- White hope or yellow peril?: Bushido, Britain, and the Raj / Hashimoto Yorimitsu -- Natsume Soseki’s nuanced views of the conflict / Tsukamoto Toshiaki -- Serial war: Egawa Tatsuya’s tale of the Russo-Japanese War / Kitamura Yukiko -- A Damocles sword?: Korean hopes betrayed / Ku Daeyeol -- The war and US-Korean relations / Kim Ki-Jung -- The miscellany and mixed: The war and chinese nationalism / LI Anshan -- Qing China’s northeast crescent: The great game revisited / Nakami Tatsuo -- Portsmouth denied: The chinese attempt to attend / Hirakawa Sachiko -- The “rat minister”: Komura Jutaro and U.S.-Japan relations / Tosh Minohara -- Notes on contributors / D. Wolff , S.G. Marks , B.W. Menning , D. Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye , J.W. Steinberg and S. Yokote -- Index / D. Wolff , S.G. Marks , B.W. Menning , D. Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye , J.W. Steinberg and S. Yokote.