The impact of the Russo-Japanese War / edited by Rotem Kowner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [306]-337) and index.

1. Between a Colonial Clash and World War Zero: the impact of the Russo-Japanese War in a global perspective / Rotem Kowner -- PART 1. THE BELLIGERENTS: 2. The War as a turning point in modern Japanese history / Rotem Kowner ; 3. If Japan had lost the War ... / Peter Duus ; 4. The War and the fate of the Tsarist autocracy / Jonathan Frankel ; 5. From enemies to allies: the War and Russo-Japanese relations / Peter Berton -- PART 2. EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES: 6. The fragmenting of the Old World order: Britain, the Great Powers, and the War / Thomas G. Otte ; 7. Germany, the Russo-Japanese War and the road to the Great War / Matthew S. Seligman ; 8. The impact of the War on the French political scene / Patrick Beillevaire ; 9. The emergence of a new rivalry: the War and the United States / Tal Tovy and Sharon Halevi ; 10. White Mongols? The War and American discourses on race and religion / Joseph M. Henning -- PART 3. EAST ASIA AND THE COLONIAL WORLD: 11. The impact of the War on China / Harold Z. Schiffrin ; 12. On the confluence of history and memory: the significance of the War for Korea / Guy Podoler and Michael Robinson ; 13. Ironies of history: The War and the origins of East Asian radicalism / Yitzhak Shichor ; 14. Tokyo as a shared mecca of modernity: War echoes in the Colonial Malay world / Michael Laffan ; 15. India and the War / T.R. Sareen -- PART 4. THE MILITARY ARENA: 16. A model not to follow: The European Armies and the lessons of the War / Yigal Sheffy ; 17. The impact of the War on naval warfare / Rotem Kowner ; 18. The road to Jutland? The War and the German Navy / Cord Eberspaecher.