The Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Korea, Manchuria, and Meiji Diplomacy in the Origins of the 1904–05 WarBy Kan'ichi Asakawa
Length12h 46m
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The Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues is a lucid, documentary account of the diplomatic tensions that culminated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. Asakawa examines Korea, Manchuria, treaty obligations, Russian expansion, and Japan's security concerns with a jurist's precision and a historian's command of evidence. Written in a restrained, analytical prose, the book belongs to the early twentieth-century literature of international relations, where imperial rivalry, legal argument, and national self-determination uneasily intersect. Kan'ichi Asakawa, a Japanese historian educated in Japan and the United States and later associated with Yale University, was unusually positioned to interpret Japan's case for an English-reading audience. His scholarship in medieval Japanese institutions and his familiarity with Western historiographical methods inform the book's careful use of sources. Asakawa's transpacific intellectual life helps explain both his sympathy for Japan's strategic predicament and his effort to argue through documents rather than mere patriotic assertion. This volume is recommended to readers interested in diplomatic history, East Asian geopolitics, and the origins of modern Japanese power. Though shaped by its moment, it remains valuable for understanding how Japan justified its actions and how international law was invoked amid imperial competition.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length12 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2INTRODUCTION
3PREFACE
4INTRODUCTORY
5SOME OF THE ISSUES OF THE CONFLICT
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6CHAPTER I RETROCESSION OF THE LIAO-TUNG PENINSULA
7CHAPTER II THE “CASSINI CONVENTION” AND THE RAILWAY AGREEMENT
8CHAPTER III KIAO-CHAU
9CHAPTER IV PORT ARTHUR AND TALIEN-WAN
10CHAPTER VI THE OCCUPATION OF MANCHURIA
11CHAPTER VII NORTH CHINA AND MANCHURIA
12CHAPTER VIII THE ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT
13CHAPTER IX A MODUS VIVENDI : THE ALEXIEFF-TSÊNG AGREEMENT
14CHAPTER X A “STARTING-POINT”—THE LAMSDORFF-YANG-YU CONVENTION
15CHAPTER XI FURTHER DEMANDS
16CHAPTER XII THE ANGLO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT AND THE RUSSO-FRENCH DECLARATION
17CHAPTER XIII THE CONVENTION OF EVACUATION
18“AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA RESPECTING MANCHURIA
19CHAPTER XIV THE EVACUATION
20CHAPTER XV DEMANDS IN SEVEN ARTICLES
21CHAPTER XVI DIPLOMATIC STRUGGLE IN KOREA, I
22CHAPTER XVII DIPLOMATIC STRUGGLE IN KOREA, II
23CHAPTER XVIII THE RUSSO-JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS, I
24CHAPTER XIX THE RUSSO-JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS, II
25CHAPTER XX CHINESE NEUTRALITY AND KOREAN INTEGRITY (pt. 1)
26CHAPTER XX CHINESE NEUTRALITY AND KOREAN INTEGRITY (pt. 2)
27Memorable Quotes
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