The Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 has been seen as the turning point of the development of the modern world. Written by a specialist in Japanese diplomacy, this book has been described by the Times Higher Education Supplement as 'diplomatic history at its very best'.
Chapter 1. The First Russo-Japanese Confrontation (1894-97)
Chapter 2. The Far Eastern Crisis (1897-98)
Chapter 3. The Road to the Open Door (1898-1900)
Chapter 4. Confusion in China (1900)
Chapter 5. Manchuria under Boxers and Russians (1900-1901)
Chapter 6. Japan Resists over Manchuria (October 1900-June 1901)
Chapter 7. After the Peking Protocol (July-December 1901)
Chapter 8. Kurino, Komura and Korea (1902-3)
Chapter 9. Russo-Chinese Convention and Its Aftermath (1902-3)
Chapter 10. Japan’s Search for Consensus (1903)
Chapter 11. Russia’s New Course and Renegotiation with China (1903)
Chapter 12. Diplomatic Inactivity (September–November 1903)
Chapter 13. Final Negotiations – Climax and beyond (1903-4)
Chapter 14. Final Negotiations – An Adversarial Coda (1904)
Chapter 15. International Efforts for Peace (1903-4)