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The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century
Routledge Studies in Modern History Series
Author: Jacob Frank
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Russo Japanese War; History since 1800; Czarist Empire; Modern History; Liaodong Peninsula; Russo-Japanese War; Exclusive Economic Zone; Pearl Harbor; German Government; Meiji Restoration; Portsmouth Peace Treaty; Revolution of 1905; Rotem Kowner; October Revolution; False Names; Great War; Czarist Army; World War I; Japanese American Relations; First World War; Defensive Strategy; Moltke Plan; Heimin Shinbun; Otto Von Bismarck; Bismarck; Russo German Agreement; Western Front; Hamburg Amerika Line; Pacific Squadron; Schlieffen Plan; Japanese Torpedo Boats; Naoko Shimazu; Russian Steamroller; Heimin Shimbun; Chancellor Bernhard Von
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The Russo-Japanese War was in essence a colonial conflict between the expanding interests of Russia and Japan in East Asia. However, while appearing regional, the war itself in fact had a major global impact. The conflict and Japanese victory stimulated the Russian revolutionary movement in 1905 and hence the Russian Revolution of 1917. In addition, the Peace Treaty of Portsmouth created a tension between the United States and Japan that would establish the starting point for the road directly leading to Pearl Harbor in 1941. Eventually the war had a major impact on Germany, whose diplomats wanted to use the war to bind St Petersburg to Berlin, and whose military planners closely observed the events to prepare themselves for the next possible conflict.
This book makes a strong argument for the consideration of initially minor events in the analysis of global history. By describing and analyzing the interrelationship between the events in East Asia and the major developments in Europe and the United States, it shows the significance of the Russo-Japanese War as a key factor in determining the most momentous historical events of the twentieth century: The First World War, the Second World War, and the Cold War.
1. Introduction 2. The Russo-Japanese War on Land and Sea 3. Asia and the Russo-Japanese War 4. The Road to Revolution 5. Portsmouth: The First Step towards Pearl Harbor 6. Björkö, the Schlieffen Plan, and Offensive Strategies 7. Conclusion 8. Sources and Bibliography
Frank Jacob is Assistant Professor of World History at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York, USA.