{"product_id":"toward-the-rising-sun-9780875806129","title":"Toward the Rising Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat drove Russia to its disastrous war with Japan in 1904? This book attempts to find the answer in Russia's erratic and confused diplomacy. It explains how the key to understanding tsarist involvement in East Asia lies in the ideologies of the Russians who competed to impose their visions of imperial destiny on the East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Ideologies of Empire\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Grant Tour: Nicholas II\u003cbr\u003e 2. Conquistador Imperialism: Nikolai Przhevalskii\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Asianist Vision: Esper Ukhtomskii\u003cbr\u003e 4. P\\u00e9n\\u00e9tration Pacifique: Sergei Witte\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Yellow Peril: Aleksei Kuropatkin\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: The Path to War\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Admiral Togo's Raid\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Turn to the East\u003cbr\u003e 7. Intervention\u003cbr\u003e 8. Asian Alliance\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kaiser Wilhelm and Port Arthur\u003cbr\u003e 10. Righteous and Harmonious Fists\u003cbr\u003e 11. Manchurian Quicksand\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Last Lap\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Thinking about the Far East\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MB - Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039011602775,"sku":"9780875806129","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875806129.jpg?v=1750942275","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/toward-the-rising-sun-9780875806129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}