A War of Others
British War Correspondents, Orientalist Discourse, and the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12309308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Nordlund (University of Georgia, corresponding author), Alexander M Nordlund (University of Georgia) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-46 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | War in History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-3445 • E-ISSN: 1477-0385 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0968344513519595 |
| OpenAlex | W2036769034 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Europe and the United States saw the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 as an important moment in history, with several nations sending press correspondents and military observers to East Asia to extract lessons from the war. However, the influence of Orientalism, particularly among British war correspondents, hindered this objective. Attempting to explain the results of the war in cultural terms, these correspondents revealed in their post-war accounts a sense that Japan, Russia, and the war itself were alien in nature and therefore offered cultural and military lessons incompatible with British needs
Alien · Asymmetric warfare · Economic history · Just war theory · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Spanish Civil War · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |