The Russo-japanese War in Global Perspective ─ World War Zero

The two volumes collect papers presented to a conference in Tokyo at an undisclosed date. Japanese and Western historians look at the 1905 war from the perspectives of military visions and revisions, the Japanese and Russian home fronts, the cultural prism, and regional relations during and after the war. Specific topics include differences regarding Togo's surprise attack on Port Arthur, how the Japanese railways met the challenge of war, Notsume Soseki's nuanced views of the conflict, the war and Chinese nationalism, and Komura Jutaro and US-Japan relations. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David Wolff is Professor of Eurasian History at the Slavic Research Center at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. He is the author of To the Harbin Station: The Liberal Alternative in Russian Manchuria, 1898-1914.Steven G. Marks is Professor of History at Clemson University in South Carolina. He is author of How Russia Shaped the Modern World: From Art to Anti-Semitism, Ballet to Bolshevism, and Road to Power: The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the colonialization of Asian Russia, 1850-1917.Bruce W. Menning is a Professor of Strategy at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. A specialist in modern Russian military history, he is the author of Bayonets before Bullets: The Imperial Russian Army, 1861-1914.David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye is Associate Professor of Russian and East Asian History at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. He, together with Bruce Menning, edited Reforming the Tsar's Army: Military Innovation in Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the Revolution.John W. Steinberg is Associate Professor of History at Georgia Southern University. His book on the education, training, and performance of the Imperial Russian General Staff, 1898-1914 is forthcoming.Yokote Shinji is Professor of Russian History and Politics at Keio University. He is most recently author of Higashi Ajia no Roshia (Russia in East Asia).