Bibliography of the Russo-Japanese War


This is a select bibliography of post World War II English language books and journal articles about the Russo-Japanese War, the period leading up to the war, and the immediate aftermath. It specifically excludes topics related to the Russian Revolution; see Bibliography of the Russian Revolution and Civil War for information on these subjects. Book entries may have references to reviews published in academic journals or major newspapers when these could be considered helpful.

About

Inclusion criteria

Works included are referenced in the notes or bibliographies of scholarly secondary sources or journals. Included works should either be published by an academic or widely distributed publisher, be authored by a notable subject matter expert as shown by scholarly reviews and have significant scholarly journal reviews about the work. To keep the bibliography length manageable, only items that clearly meet the criteria should be included.
A brief selection of English translations of primary sources is included. The sections "General Surveys" and "Biographies" contain books; other sections contain both books and journal articles. Book entries have references to journal articles and reviews about them when helpful. Additional bibliographies can be found in many of the book-length works listed below; see Further Reading for several book and chapter-length bibliographies. The External Links section contains entries for publicly available select bibliographies from universities.

Citation style

This bibliography uses APA style citations. Entries do not use templates. References to reviews and notes for entries do use citation templates. Where books which are only partially related to Russian history are listed, the titles for chapters or sections should be indicated if possible, meaningful, and not excessive.
If a work has been translated into English, the translator should be included and a footnote with appropriate bibliographic information for the original language version should be included.
When listing works with titles or names published with alternative English spellings, the form used in the latest published version should be used and the version and relevant bibliographic information noted if it previously was published or reviewed under a different title.

General works

  • Hall, R. C.. "The Next War: The Influence of the Russo-Japanese War on Southeastern Europe and the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913". Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 17, pp. 563–577.
  • Hanninen, O.. . Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 23, pp. 225–253.
  • Katō, Y.. . Social Science Japan Journal, 10, pp. 95–103.
  • Kowner, R.. The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War. London, UK: Routledge.
  • Lensen, G.. . Jahrbücher Für Geschichte Osteuropas, 10, neue folge, 337-348.
  • Masafumi, A.. . Modern Asian Studies, 44, pp. 1283–1311.
  • Matsui, M.. . Modern Asian Studies, 6, pp. 33–48.
  • Murray, N.. Chapter 4: The Russo-Japanese War. In . Dulles, VA: Potomac Books.
  • Nish, I.. The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War. London: Longman.
  • Steinberg, J.. . The Russian Review, 67, pp. 1–7.
  • Tomion, J. W.. Strategy and Diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese War Reconsidered. Newport, RI: Naval War College.
  • Van Dijk, K.. The Russo-Japanese War. In Pacific Strife. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Walder, D., The Short Victorious War: The Russo-Japanese Conflict, 1904-5. New York: Harper & Row.

Military history

  • Connaughton, R. M.. The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear — A Military History of the Russo-Japanese War 1904–5. London: Cassell.
  • Hough, R. A. The Fleet That Had To Die. Ballantine Books..
  • Jentschura, H., Jung, D., & Mickel, P.. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD.
  • Lardas, M., & Wright, P... Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
  • Pleshakov, C. V.. The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle of Tsushima. New York, NY: Basic Books.
  • Stille, M., & Wright, P... The Imperial Japanese Navy of the Russo-Japanese War. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.

Works focused on Russia

  • Esthus, R.. . The Russian Review, 40, pp. 396–411.
  • Menning, B.. . War in History, 13, pp. 141–170.
  • Papastratigakis, N.. Russian Imperialism and Naval Power: Military Strategy and the Build-Up to the Russo-Japanese War. London: I. B. Tauris.
  • Perabo, B. C.. Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic.

Works focused on Japan

  • Koda, Y.. . Naval War College Review, 58, pp. 10–44.
  • Kublin, H.. . The Journal of Modern History, 22, pp. 322–339.
  • Shimazu, N.. . The Russian Review, 67, pp. 34–49.
  • Okamoto, S.. The Japanese Oligarchy and the Russo-Japanese War. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

International focused works

Historiography and memory studies

  • Cohen, A.. . The Russian Review, 69, 388-411.
  • Kowner, R.. Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05: Centennial Perspectives. Boston, MA: Global Oriental.
  • Steinberg, J. W.. The Russian Review, 67, 1–7.
  • Swafford, K.. ". Pacific Coast Philology, 50, 82-102.
  • Van der Oye, D.. . The Russian Review, 67, pp. 78–87.

Primary sources

A limited number of English language primary sources referred to in the above works.'. Brigham Young University.