Rethinking The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05: The Nichinan Papers

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This second volume in the two-volume series Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5, comprises nineteen chapters and is largely based on the papers presented at a special conference convened at Nichinan, Kyushu, Japan, in 2005. Importantly, it brings together a set of original essays by Japanese, Korean and Chinese scholars, together with analyses by Russian, US and European specialists, thereby reflecting the multinational mix of contemporary influences forming the international vortex of the war. The contributions are thematically structured into six topics: The Force of Personality, Facets of Neutrality, The Power of Intelligence, Interior Lines, Gender and Race, and Global Repercussions. Above all, through the use of primary sources which could not be readily accessed by contemporaries, the contributors have sought to highlight the setting of the conflict in the development of international politics and strategic thinking in the twentieth century, but at the same time eliciting fresh perspectives on the human experiences and dilemmas which impacted on different individuals and groups during the course of the war. Contents Preface Abbreviations Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Tables and Figures List of Conventions Introduction Part I: The Force of Personality 1. The Emperor Meiji and the Russo-Japanese War 2. Komura, the British Alliance and the Russo-Japanese War 3. Kato Takaaki and the Russo-Japanese War 4. Theodore Roosevelt and the Portsmouth PeaceConference: The Riddle and Ripple of His Forbearance Part II: Facets of Neutrality 5. American Capital and Japan’s Victory in the Russo-Japanese War 6. Preparing for the Next War: French Diplomacy andthe Russo-Japanese War 7. German Policy and the Russo-Japanese War 8. Korea’s Neutrality Policy and the Russo-Japanese War 9. Turning Japanese: British Observation of the Russo-Japanese War Part III: The Power of Intelligence 10. Issues of Strategic Intelligence: Anglo-German Relations and the Russo-Japanese War 11. Russia and Korea in 1904–1905: ‘Chamberlain’ A.I. Pavlovand his ‘Shanghai Service’ 12. The Japanese Consular System in China during the Russo-Japanese War Part IV: Interior Lines 13. Russian Views of the Far East in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War 14. The Role of the Home Front in the Russo-Japanese War 15. Japanese Deportees and Prisoners of War in Siberia, 1904–05 Part V: Gender and Race 16. Russo-Japanese War and Literary Expression: Voice, Gender and Colonialism 17. Japan Under Paternalism: The Changing Image ofJapan during the Russo-Japanese War 18. The Russo-Japanese War and the Emergence of theNotion of the ‘Clash of Races’ in Japanese Foreign Policy Part VI: Global Repercussions 19. The High Road to the First World War? Europe and the Outcomes of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–14 Bibliography Index