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 Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5: Volume 1: Centennial Perspectives

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xviii)   (86K)
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    • Table Of Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • List Of Contributors
    • List Of Maps, Tables And Figures
    • List Of Illustrations
    • Conventions
  • Introduction (xix-xxiv)   (48K)
  • Maps (xxv-xxviii)   (4M)
  • The Memory And Significance Of The Russo-Japanese War From A Centennial Perspective (1-10)   (72K)
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    • Orchestrated Amnesia And Acts Of Trivialization
    • Reasons For Remembrance: Contemporary Importance And Consequences In The Twentieth Century
    • Notes
  • Guarding The Gates Of Our East Asia: Japanese Reactions To The Far Eastern Crisis (1897–98) As A Prelude To The War (11-30)   (101K)
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    • The Sino-Japanese War And Its Aftermath
    • The Far Eastern Crisis 1897–98
    • Entering The Road To War
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • An Invitation To The Aquarium: Sergei Witte And The Origins Of Russia’s War With Japan (31-45)   (86K)
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    • Pénétration Pacifique
    • Decline And Fall
    • Impact
    • Notes
  • “The Unknown Enemy:” The Siberian Frontier And The Russo-Japanese Rivalry, 1890s–1920s (46-62)   (94K)
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    • Overlapping Frontiers: Siberian And Manchurian Colonization In The Framework Of Russo-Japanese Geopolitical Competition
    • Siberia: The Hinterland Of The Russo-Japanese War
    • Russo-Japanese Rivalry During Revolution And Civil War, 1917–22
    • Notes
  • The Clash Of Two Continental Empires: The Land War Reconsidered (63-77)   (84K)
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    • Land Campaigns
    • Contest For Command Of The Seas
    • Portsmouth Negotiations
    • Notes
  • The Secret Factor: Japanese Network Of Intelligence-Gathering On Russia During The War (78-92)   (90K)
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    • Sources About Intelligence Activities During The War In Japanese Archives
    • Intelligence Organizations And Their Purposes
    • Intelligence Activities Overseas And In The War Theater
    • Army Intelligence
    • Outcomes And General Assessment
    • Notes
  • Chaos Versus Cruelty: Sakhalin As A Secondary Theater Of Operations (93-108)   (875K)
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    • War
    • Cruelty
    • Chaos
    • Epilogue
    • Notes
  • The War And The Perception Of Japan By British Investors (109-122)   (223K)
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    • The London Market For Sovereign Debt Before World War I
    • Japanese Sovereign Bonds Issued In London And Data Used In This Study
    • Results And Discussion
    • Japanese Borrowing And The War With Russia
    • Concluding Remarks
    • Notes
  • Realpolitik Or Jewish Solidarity? Jacob Schiff’s Financial Support For Japan Revisited (123-138)   (86K)
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    • Schiff And The Loans To Japan: Myth And History
    • The Discord In The British Elite Regarding Foreign Policy And Japanese War Loans
    • The Discord In The Russian Elite Regarding Economic Policies And The War
    • The Economic And Political Factors Behind Schiff’s Support To Japan
    • Conclusions
    • Notes
  • The War, Military Expenditures, And Postbellum Fiscal And Monetary Policy In Japan (139-158)   (107K)
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    • Economic And Military Power Of Major Countries In The Early Twentieth Century
    • Imperial Defense Plan (1907) And The Expansion Of The Army And Navy
    • Postwar Fiscal Expansion And Its Effect On Military Expenditure
    • Fiscal Expansion And The Postwar Monetary System
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • The Widow’s Tears And The Soldier’s Dream: Gender And Japanese Wartime Visual Culture (159-184)   (7M)
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    • The Wartime Art World
    • Widowhood
    • Soldiers’ Families
    • Assaulted Women
    • Militarized Women – Volunteers And Nurses
    • Conclusion: National Identity As Gender Identity
    • Notes
  • School Songs, The War, And Nationalist Indoctrination In Japan (185-201)   (93K)
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    • Songs Before The War
    • The Songs Of The Russo-Japanese War
    • The Melodies
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Forgotten Heroes: Russian Women In The War (202-217)   (1M)
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    • Sisters Of Charity
    • Combatants And Journalists
    • The Female Population Of Port Arthur
    • War In Poetry By Women
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • The Dress Rehearsal? Russian Realism And Modernism Through War And Revolution (218-231)   (80K)
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    • Notes
  • The Scepter Of The Far East And The Crown Of The Third Rome: The War In The Mirror Of Russian Poetry (232-244)   (79K)
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    • Notes
  • The Impact Of The War On The Constitutional Government In Japan (245-262)   (95K)
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    • The First Saionji Cabinet And The Democratic Tide After The War
    • The Prewar Political Situation
    • The Katsura-Seiyukai Agreement
    • Rapprochement Between Hanbatsu And The Parties And The First Saionji Cabinet
    • Saionji Cabinet As A Landmark In Japan’s Constitutional Development
    • The Significance Of The Katsura-Saionji Period
    • Drawbacks Of The Political Democratization
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • The Legacy Of The War And The World Of Islam In Japanese Pan-Asian Discourse: Wakabayashi Han’s Kaikyō Sekai To Nihon (263-280)   (98K)
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    • Kaikyō Sekai To Nihon Or The World Of Islam And Japan
    • The Kokuryūkai And Wakabayashi’s Book
    • Ibrahim’s Role
    • Notes
  • Soldiers’ Unrest Behind The Front After The End Of The War (281-290)   (69K)
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    • Notes
  • Imperial Russian War Planning For The Eurasian Space And The Impact Of The War (291-306)   (83K)
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    • Notes
  • The War And British Strategic Foreign Policy (307-318)   (75K)
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    • Notes
  • British War Correspondents And The War (319-331)   (75K)
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    • Notes
  • Participant Observation: Germany, The War, And The Road To A European Clash (332-351)   (103K)
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    • German Diplomacy Before And During The War
    • Germany And The Voyage Of The Baltic Fleet
    • The Failure Of German Alliance Offers To Russia
    • Notes
  • Perceptions Of Russia In German Military Leadership During The War (352-366)   (81K)
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    • Notes
  • A Different View: The War In Austro-Hungarian Political Cartoons (367-382)   (90K)
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    • Satirical Periodicals As A Source For Images Of The “Other”
    • Austria-Hungary In East Asia
    • The War In Political Cartoons
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • A Reinterpretation Of The Ottoman Neutrality During The War (383-392)   (72K)
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    • Notes
  • The Jewish Response To The War (393-400)   (66K)
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    • Jewish Soldiers On The Front
    • Jewish Elation Over Japanese Victories
    • Jews Help Japan To Finance The War
    • The Jews In The Aftermath Of The War
    • Notes
  • Russo-Japanese Negotiations And The Japanese Annexation Of Korea (401-412)   (77K)
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    • Notes
  • Japan’s Victory In Philippine, Vietnamese, And Burmese Perspectives (413-429)   (96K)
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    • The Reaction To The War In The Philippines
    • The Reaction To The War In Vietnam
    • The Reaction To The War In Burma
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • The War And The British Invasion Of Tibet, 1904 (430-443)   (80K)
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    • Notes
  • Distant Echoes: The Reflection Of The War In The Middle East (444-455)   (72K)
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    • Rashid Rida And Al-Manar
    • Japan’s Image As Reflected In Al-Manar
    • The Image Of The War In Al-Manar
    • The Victory Of The “East” Over The “West”
    • Notes
  • Bibliography (456-496)   (193K)
  • Index (497-516)   (81K)