The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415368243 ISBN 13: 9780415368247

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

The Russo-Japanese War was the major conflict of the earliest decade of the twentieth century. The struggle for mastery in northeast Asia, specifically for control of Korea, was watched at the time very closely by observers from many other countries keen to draw lessons about the conduct of war in the modern industrial age. The defeat of a traditional European power by a non-white, non-western nation became a model for imitation and admiration among people under, or threatened with, colonial rule.

Examining the wide impact of the war and exploring the effect on the political balance in northeast Asia, this book focuses on the reactions in Europe, the United States, East Asia and the wider colonial world, considering the impact on different sections of society, on political and cultural ideas and ideologies, and on various national independence movements.

About this title

About the Author:

Rotem Kowner is Professor of Japanese History at the University of Haifa, Israel. His recent works include The Forgotten Campaign: The Russo-Japanese War and Its Legacy, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, and the edited collection Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War: Centennial Perspectives.

Review:

"The distinctive feature of the book edited by Professor Kowner is that is deals with the impact the war had on Japan and Russia and on practically all the countries worldwide. ... It is not possible to make individual comments on the many insights in the book except for one general observation .... War and navies are still with us; and [this volume] covering the first half of the twentieth century still have much relevance."
       Ian Nish, Japan Society: Japan-UK Review 2 (2007), 5.

 "[The book] proceeds to emphasize the war's world-wide implications and impact, foreshadowing in many ways the "great" one that would follow in less than ten years. The focus of the book is on the impact of the war on subsequent military strategy and tactics and on political, social, and economic affairs in various world areas. ... The scholarship is on the whole of a very high level, and the editor kept most of the contributions focused and brief. There is little overlap and the editing is excellent ..."
      Saul E. Norman, The Russian Review 67 (2008), 137, 138.

 "Two related things distinguish this conference volume: its specific attempt to assess the repercussions of the conflict and the span of the papers presented. ... What is fresh in this book is a real sense of how far afield the repercussions of the conflict were felt and of the extent to which it was enmeshed with the major global trends of the time. ... [T]his book provides a good foundation for further inquiry into the significance of the Russo- Japanese War."
       Sandra Wilson, The Journal of Japanese Studies 34 (2008), 513.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415368243
• ISBN 13: 9780415368247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Kowner Rotem