{"product_id":"revolution-goes-east-9781501748080","title":"Revolution Goes East","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e is an intellectual history that applies a novel global perspective to the classic story of the rise of communism and the various reactions it provoked in Imperial Japan. Tatiana Linkhoeva demonstrates how contemporary discussions of the Russian Revolution, its containment, and the issue of imperialism played a fundamental role in shaping Japan''s imperial society and state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bold approach, Linkhoeva explores attitudes toward the Soviet Union and the communist movement among the Japanese military and politicians, as well as interwar leftist and rightist intellectuals and activists. Her book draws on extensive research in both published and archival documents, including memoirs, newspaper and journal articles, political pamphlets, and Comintern archives. \u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e presents us with a compelling argument that the interwar Japanese Left replicated the Orientalist outlook of Marxism-Leninism in its relationship with the rest of As\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTatiana Linkhoeva's meticulously detailed \u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e shows that Japanese responses to Soviet socialism during the 1920s and 30s were no exception to this. Indeed given the country's situation at the time, the diversity of views on the revolution held by various government factions, the military, and society at large was especially diverse.\u003c\/p\u003e * New Books Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in-depth study in English of the diplomatic and ideological impact of the Bolshevik Revolution on Japan. Linkhoeva's study is a welcome addition to the existing body of scholarship, and is a badly needed corrective to the Eurocentric bias in Western research on the history of Japanese foreign relations. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Japan's foreign policy or in the development of leftist ideologies in early twentieth-century Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe almost picturesque histories of diplomats, intellectuals and underworld political agents in interwar Japan are all woven together by Linkhoeva's clear and punctual prose in such a way that makes the reader actually curious to know more and dig deeper. Beyond the remarkable historiographical contribution, perhaps the key quality that makes \u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e such a critical book is the fact that despite all the questions it answers, it is able to raise many new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e * Japan Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e is an important addition to the growing literature on Japanese imperialism and nationalism of the interwar period. It offers a unique angle on this crucial period when the failure of the Japanese left to provide a viable alternative to nationalism and militarism, coupled with the repressions against the vibrant civil society, enabled the rise of nationalist extremism in the 1930s. Its chapters, built on a close and discerning reading of a broad range of Japanese leftist writings, will serve for a long time as go-to texts for scholars and students alike.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of Japanese Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTatiana Linkhoeva's \u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East: Imperial Japan and Soviet Communism\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive work focusing on an enigma at the heart of the modern history of Japan. \u003ci\u003eRevolution Goes East\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for thinking more deeply about the history of Japan in the frst half of the twentieth century from an international perspective, and for reflecting more carefully on the history of the Soviet Union and communism in the East Asian world.\u003c\/p\u003e * Japan Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevolution Goes East is a welcome addition to the study of both Japanese and Russian foreign policy, and a fruitful discussion of the history of the left in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e * Ab Imperio *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Two Russias\u003cbr\u003e 1. Before 1917\u003cbr\u003e 2. Revolution and Intervention\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Anti-Western Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 4. Anticommunism Within\u003cbr\u003e 5. Anarchism against Bolshevism\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Japanese Communist Party and the Comintern\u003cbr\u003e 7. National Socialism and Soviet Communism\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Imperial Japan and Soviet Communism in the 1930s\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409342243159,"sku":"9781501748080","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501748080.jpg?v=1730506487","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolution-goes-east-9781501748080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}