Nish The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-87217-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Origins Of Modern Wars

The Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 has been seen as the turning point of the development of the modern world. Written by a specialist in Japanese diplomacy, this book has been described by the Times Higher Education Supplement as 'diplomatic history at its very best'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nish, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of maps
Editor's foreword
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The first Russo-Japenese confrontation 1894-97
2. The Far Eastern crisis 1897-98
3. The road to the open door 1898-1900
4. Confusion in China
5. Manchurian under boxers and Russians
6. Japan resists over Manchuria October 1900-1901
7. After the Peking Protocol July - December 1901
8. Kurino, Komura and Korea 1902-3
9. Russo-Chinese convention and its aftermath 1902-3
10. Japan's search for consensus 1903
11. Russia's new course and renegotiation with China 1903
12. Diplomatic inactivity September - November 1903
13. Final negotiations - climax and beyond
14. Final negotiations - an adversarial coda
15. International efforts for peace 1903-4
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Maps
Index