The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 has been widely seen as a historical turning point. This book goes beyond the military and world political grand narratives to examine the war's social, cultural, literary, and intellectual impact. Containing contributions by established scholars in the fields of military history and the history and literature of both Russia and Japan, it offers for the first time in English a comparative perspective on symbolic meaning of the conflict.
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 has been widely seen as a historical turning point. This book goes beyond the military and world political grand narr...
The repercussions of the 1931 Manchurian Incident threw Japan into crisis. The event has commanded a central place in writing on modern Japanese history ever since. This book re-evaluates the social and political notions of its place in the history of pre-war and wartime Japan. The book explores the reactions to the Manchurian crisis of different sections of the state and of a number of different groups in Japanese society, particularly rural groups, women's organizations and business associations. It thus seeks to avoid a generalized account of public relations to the military and diplomatic...
The repercussions of the 1931 Manchurian Incident threw Japan into crisis. The event has commanded a central place in writing on modern Japanese histo...
