Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xvii
4. Acknowledgements xxi
5. Name Conventions xxiii
6. Boundaries of Fengtien Province of China (1895-1945) xxiv
7. List of Abbreviations xxv
8. Major battles of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05 xxvi
9. List of Maps xxvii
10. Railways and railway plans for Korea and North China, December 1927 xxviii
11. VOLUME I: Historical Narrative
12. Chapter 1: Manchuria and Russian Ambition, 1840s-1890s 1
13. Chapter 2 : The Sino-Japanese War and After, 1894–1900 21
14. Chapter 3: Prelude to the Russo-Japanese War, 1900–1905 39
15. Chapter 4: Railways, Reforms and Revolutions, 1906–1914 57
16. Chapter 5: Wartime Turmoil in Manchuria, 1915–1922 80
17. Chapter 6: Chang Tso-Lin’s Manchuria, 1922–1928 101
18. Chapter 7: Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Railways, 1919–1931 123
19. Chapter 8: Lytton Commission in Manchuria, 1931–1932 142
20. Chapter 9: Manchukuo: From Republic to Empire, 1933–1937 165
21. Chapter 10: A Decade of Wars, 1938–1948 187
22. Epilogue 211
23. Select Bibliography 221
24. Index 229
25. Front Matter 2 233
26. Contents VOLUME 2 239
27. VOLUME 2 : SELECT PRIMARY SOURCES
28. Chapter 1: 1840–1894 249
29. Chapter 2: 1895–1899 272
30. Chapter 3: 1900–1905 290
31. Chapter 4: 1905–1914 298
32. Chapter 5: 1915–1922 322
33. Chapter 6: 1922–1928 333
34. Chapter 7: 1929–1931 345
35. Chapter 8: 1931–1932 352
36. Chapter 9: 1933–1937 364
37. Chapter 10: 1938–1948 374
38. Appendix 383