Great Power Strategy in Asia : Empire,Culture and Trade, 1905-2005
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This book analyses the enduring themes underlying the strategic struggles in Asia, beginning with the pivotal 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War. It aims to show how the most important areas of current international affairs have their roots in often-forgotten corners of military history.
The first part of the book examines the explosive factors that led to war between Russia and Japan in 1904, and offers a ten-year perspective on the War, focusing on its consequences: cultural shock in ‘the West’, re-alignment of Asian imperial geography and the failure to learn vital military lessons as World War I approached. The second part offers a 35-year perspective on the war, as Japan repeated the essential strategic, operational and tactical ploys of its war against Russia in 1904 in its strike upon the USA in 1941. Allied victory assured the downfall of Europe’s empires in Asia, with the USA inheriting much of the old imperial legacy. The third part takes a centennial view of the Russo-Japanese War and finds that many of the broader issues identifiable in 1904-05 remain at the heart of today’s strategic discourse: Western apprehension about the economic rise of Japan; the anomalies of an ‘American Empire’; tensions between Occident and Orient; the apparent new relevance of geopolitics; and the importance of demography in perceptions of global power.
This is the story of military innovation, the pathology of learning lessons from the experience of war, and the anticipated rise of Chinese power a century after the false dawn of Japanese victory in 1905. The book will appeal to students of military history, strategic studies, Asian politics and international relations in general.
About the Author
Jonathan Bailey retired from the British Army in 2005 as a major general. He is the author of The First World War and the Birth of the Modern Style of Warfare (Strategic and Combat Studies Institute, 1996), and Field Artillery and Firepower (Naval Institute Press, 2004). He is currently Director of the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS).
The first part of the book examines the explosive factors that led to war between Russia and Japan in 1904, and offers a ten-year perspective on the War, focusing on its consequences: cultural shock in ‘the West’, re-alignment of Asian imperial geography and the failure to learn vital military lessons as World War I approached. The second part offers a 35-year perspective on the war, as Japan repeated the essential strategic, operational and tactical ploys of its war against Russia in 1904 in its strike upon the USA in 1941. Allied victory assured the downfall of Europe’s empires in Asia, with the USA inheriting much of the old imperial legacy. The third part takes a centennial view of the Russo-Japanese War and finds that many of the broader issues identifiable in 1904-05 remain at the heart of today’s strategic discourse: Western apprehension about the economic rise of Japan; the anomalies of an ‘American Empire’; tensions between Occident and Orient; the apparent new relevance of geopolitics; and the importance of demography in perceptions of global power.
This is the story of military innovation, the pathology of learning lessons from the experience of war, and the anticipated rise of Chinese power a century after the false dawn of Japanese victory in 1905. The book will appeal to students of military history, strategic studies, Asian politics and international relations in general.
About the Author
Jonathan Bailey retired from the British Army in 2005 as a major general. He is the author of The First World War and the Birth of the Modern Style of Warfare (Strategic and Combat Studies Institute, 1996), and Field Artillery and Firepower (Naval Institute Press, 2004). He is currently Director of the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS).
ISBN : 0415404584, Author : Bailey, Publisher : Routledge - 2007, Dimensions : 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, Paperback : 224 pages
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