1. INTRODUCTION TO MANCHURIA: EARLY EMPIRE 2. EMPIRE BEFORE THE RAILWAY, 1689-1892 3. THE ARRIVAL OF THE RAILWAY AND CONFLICT WITH JAPAN, 1892-1906 4. TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1906-1918 5. SOVIET RUSSIA, IMPERIAL JAPAN AND THE USA: HARBIN, 1918-1929 6. CONFLICT WITH CHINA: MANCHUKUO AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1929-1945 7. SOVIET INVASION, THE CHINESE REVOLUTION AND THE KOREAN WAR, 1945-1956 8. EMPIRE AND AFTER: MANCHURIA PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Paul Dukes was Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the University of Aberdeen.