Sarah Paine — How Imperial Japan defeated Tsarist Russia & Qing China
Descripción del Episodio
After my last lecture series with Sarah Paine ended, I still had so many questions. I knew we’d only scratched the surface of Sarah’s scholarship, so I immediately invited her back for another series: she graciously agreed, and we’ll be releasing the results online over the coming weeks and months!
This first lecture is focused on the balance of power in East Asia at the turn of the 20th century. Specifically, how did Japan (population 47M) defeat China (400M) and Russia (130M) to become Asia's dominant power?
For me, the most interesting thing was that Japan's surprise attack on Port Arthur at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War (1904) helps us understand why Japan might have thought Pearl Harbor would work.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) – Japan’s Meiji reforms
(00:14:44) – Trans-Siberian railway & Japan’s 3-year window for empire
(00:29:58) – The most important battle in the Russo-Japanese war
(00:48:38) – China’s implosion: imperialism, civil wars, and opium
(00:59:31) – Was Russia on track to dominate Asia?
(01:14:20) – Pearl Harbor (1941) vs surprise attack of Port Arthur (1904)
(01:34:03) – Why big countries still lose wars
(01:46:56) – Grand strategy for small countries
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