East Asia and the First World War - by Frank Jacob (Hardcover)

About the Book

The First World War was a truely global event that changed the course of history in many participating as well as non-participating countries. In East Asia, the war stimulated the further rise of Japan as the leading power in the region during the w

Book Synopsis

The First World War was a truely global event that changed the course of history in many participating as well as non-participating countries. In East Asia, the war stimulated the further rise of Japan as the leading power in the region during the war, yet also its radicalization and social protests after 1918. In China and Korea it stimulated nationalist eruptions, demanding freedom and equality for the (semi)colonized countries and the people living within their borders. All in all, the present book offers a consice introduction of the history of the First World War and its impact in East Asia.

From the Back Cover

The First World War was a truely global event that changed the course of history in many participating as well as non-participating countries. In East Asia, the war stimulated the further rise of Japan as the leading power in the region during the war, yet also its radicalization and social protests after 1918. The present book offers chapters on China, Japan and Korea that can be read as single introductions in courses about Chinese, Japanese, or Korean history or more general in courses dealing with World or Global History during WWI. The chapters provide an insight related to the respective geographical context during the First World War, but as a whole the book also offers an introductory overview of this important transnational event and its role for the transformation of East Asia in the first half of the 20th century.

About the Author

Frank Jacob, Global History Faculty of Social Science Nord University, Norway.