Frontmatter
CONTENTS
List of Maps
Note on Romanization, Names, and Dates
Preface
Prologue: The Rise of Russia in Asia
I. NEW FRONTIERS
Introduction
1. Korea's Pyrrhic Victory
2. Japan's Korea Problem
3. The Opening of Korea
II. CONTROLLING BARBARIANS WITH BARBARIANS
Introduction
4. China's Korea Problem
5. The Other Great Game Begins
6. Russia's Railway to the East
III. WARS AND IMPERIALISM
Introduction
7. Prelude to War
8. Triumph, Defeat, and a Massacre
9. Two-Front War
10. Triple Intervention
11. Continental Power
12. Maritime Power
13. Boxers
14. The Death of Li Hongzhang
IV. NEW FRIENDS, OLD ENEMIES
Introduction
15. New Agreements
16. Russia's Korea Problem
V. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR-WORLD WAR ZERO
Introduction
17. War for Korea
18. War in Manchuria
19. Mukden
VI. NEW EAST ASIAN ORDER
Introduction
20. The Portsmouth Treaty and Korea
21. "Eternal Peace and Security in Asia"
22. Annexation
Epilogue: Legacies
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index