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

Contents

• • Preliminary material (i-i)   (15K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Illustrations
    • Preface
  • Introduction - The Russo-Japanese war in transnational history (1-10) by Iriye Akira   (129K)
  • Study your enemy: Russian military and naval attachés in Japan (11-44) by Wada Haruki   (174K)
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    • Old Perceptions And New Materials
    • K. I. Vogak’S Study Of Japan
    • Vogak’S Successors
    • Vogak And Bezobrazov
    • Vogak’S Memorandum And The Special Conference Of 7 May 1903
    • Vogak And Kuropatkin In Japan And At Port Arthur
    • The Far Eastern Viceroyalty And Vogak
    • Alexander Rusin As The Fourth Naval Attaché In Japan
    • Rusin’S Reports In 1903
    • Conclusion
  • Miscalculating one’s enemies: Russian intelligence prepares for war (45-80) by Bruce W. Menning   (199K)
  • Differences regarding Togo’s surprise attack on Port Arthur (81-104) by Aizawa Kiyoshi   (133K)
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    • A Comparison Of Naval Power At The Outbreak Of The Russo-Japanese War
    • The Japanese Navy’S Plan Of Operations
    • The Emergence Of Differences Of Opinion Between Togo And The Naval Staff
    • The Implementation Of The Operation
    • The Annihilation Of The Russian Fleet At Port Arthur
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix- Confidential: The Naval War History Of Meiji Period, Year 37–8
  • Between two Japano-Russian wars: Strategic Learning re-appraised (105-134) by Yokote Shinji   (163K)
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    • Sharing The Experience
    • Writing The Japanese Official History Of The War
    • The Draft And The Official History Of The War
    • The Japanese Army In The Eyes Of Alexander Svechin
    • In Conclusion: Within The Japanese Army
  • Military observers, eurocentrism, and World War Zero (135-178) by David Jones   (250K)
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    • The International System
    • The Military Attachés
    • Attachés And The War
    • Conclusions
  • Approaching total war: Ivan Bloch’s disturbing vision (179-202) by Tohmatsu Haruo   (143K)
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    • Ivan Bloch And The War Of The Future
    • Bloch’S Vision Of A Future War
    • The War Of The Future And The Reality Of The Russo-Japanese War
    • The War Of The Future And The Lessons Of The Russo-Japanese War
    • The Fate Of A Book: A Tentative Conclusion
  • Japan justifies war by the “open door”: 1903 as turning point (203-224) by Kato Yoko   (124K)
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    • The Direction Of Recent Research
    • The Search For An International Legal Justification For War
    • Ogawa’S Policy Toward Manchurian Troop Withdrawal And The Open Door
    • The Opinions Of Seven Doctors Of Law
    • Conclusion—Inheritors Of The Policy Of Going To War
  • Riding the rails: The japanese railways meet the challenge of war (225-250) by Steven J. Ericson   (268K)
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    • Logistical Challenges
    • The Army’S Railway Policy
    • The Military Requisition Order And War-Related Transport
    • Japanese Railroads On The Continent
    • Conclusion
  • Japan’s monetary mobilization for war (251-270) by Ono Keishi   (131K)
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    • Japan’S Economic And Military Position In 1900
    • Budgetary Planning
    • Military Outlays
    • Monetary Policy And The War
    • Conclusion
  • Patriotic recession: Kyoto responds to war (271-294) by Takemoto Tomoyuki   (137K)
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    • Financing The War And Social Welfare
    • Mobilization Of Military Personnel And Support For Families
    • The Rise In Nationalism
    • Conclusion
  • Why did Japan fail to become the “Britain” of Asia? (295-324) by Tadokoro Masayuki   (174K)
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    • Strategic Consequences Of The Russo-Japanese War
    • Two Strategies And The Imperial Defense Policy Of 1907
    • After Tsushima, After Trafalgar
    • Japan’S Build-Up And Britain’S Entrenchment: Why?
    • Conclusion
  • Unsuccessful National unity: The russian home front in 1904 (325-354) by Tsuchiya Yoshifuru   (176K)
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    • Factors Of Popular Estrangement From Support For The War
    • The General Population And The War
    • In Comparison: Japanese Society During The War
    • Conclusion
  • Shifting contours of memory and history, 1904–1980 (355-378) by Chiba Isao   (136K)
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    • Per-World War II Commemorations Of The Russo-Japanese War4
    • The Nationalist Perversion Of Historical Memory: Honda Kumataro’S Diplomacy Of The Spirit
    • Scholarly Disputes
    • The Russo-Japanese War In Post-1945 Fiction And Film
    • Conclusion
  • White hope or yellow peril?: Bushido, Britain, and the Raj (379-402) by Hashimoto Yorimitsu   (145K)
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    • The Turn Of The Tide: Pre-Bushido Historical Contexts
    • Bushido And Japanophile Britain
    • Promoting Bushido In Britain
    • The “Western Bushido” Of Edwardian Britain
    • Yellow Peril Returned
    • Conclusion: East Is East And West Is West?
  • Natsume Soseki’s nuanced views of the conflict (403-416) by Tsukamoto Toshiaki   (96K)
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    • Sôseki In London
    • Sôseki’S Earlier Works And The Russo-Japanese War
    • Sôseki’S Thoughts After The Russo-Japanese War
  • Serial war: Egawa Tatsuya’s tale of the Russo-Japanese War (417-432) by Kitamura Yukiko   (109K)
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    • Introduction
    • Manga Artist Egawa Tatsuya
    • Historical Background
    • Egawa’S Tale Of The Russo-Japanese War
  • A Damocles sword?: Korean hopes betrayed (433-466) by Ku Daeyeol   (173K)
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    • “A Lost Decade (1895–1904)?”: The Powers’ Perception Of Korea
    • Responses Of The Korean Government
    • Responses Of Korean Society
    • Conclusion
  • The war and US-Korean relations (467-490) by Kim Ki-Jung   (137K)
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    • The Manchurian Crisis Of 1903 And America’ Japan Policy Before The War
    • The Russo-Japanese War And America’S Contrasting Policy Toward Neutrality Of Korea And China
    • Theodore Roosevelt, His Belief System And Attitudes Toward U.S.-Korea Relations
    • Roosevelt’S Personal Diplomacy And The Katsura-Taft Agreement
    • Peace Terms And The “Yale Symposium”
    • Conclusion
  • The miscellany and mixed: The war and chinese nationalism (491-512) by LI Anshan   (139K)
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    • Coverage Of The War
    • Shame And Blame
    • “Huang Zhong Jiang Xing” (The Yellow Race Will Rise)
    • “Junzi Gui Minqi” (Gentlemen Cherish The People’S Morale)
    • Self-Reflection And Mixed Feelings
    • Afterthoughts
  • Qing China’s northeast crescent: The great game revisited (513-530) by Nakami Tatsuo   (111K)
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    • Preamble: A War That Broke Out In A Complex Region
    • Mongolia And Manchuria Between Russia And China
    • Mongolia And The Mongols During The Russo-Japanese War
    • International Relations After The Russo-Japanese War And Their Impact On The Northeastern Crescent Zone Of The Qing Empire
  • Portsmouth denied: The chinese attempt to attend (531-550) by Hirakawa Sachiko   (118K)
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    • China’S Approach To The Us Before And During The War
    • Roosevelt Appeases China To Counteract The Chinese Expulsion Law
    • China’S Dispatch Of Letters Of Inquiry For The Peace Conference
    • Conclusion
  • The “rat minister”: Komura Jutaro and U.S.-Japan relations (551-570) by Tosh Minohara   (119K)
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    • The Path To Portsmouth
    • Komura At Portsmouth
    • Did Roosevelt Betray Japan?
    • Washington And The Emergence Of A New Power In East Asia
  • Notes on contributors (571-576)   (57K)
  • Index (577-583)   (67K)