International Encyclopedia of the First World War

This article discusses China’s role in the First World War with a focus on the c…

Hong Kong, a British colony, experienced much social and economic change as the …

Taiwan, Japan’s first colony, sat geographically far removed from the European b…

Modern Chinese collective remembrance of the First World War is composed of thre…

From 1916 to 1928, the Republic China was divided among military cliques in the …

Like the Sino- and Russo-Japanese Wars, the First World War gave an enormous boo…

China’s attempt to participate in the European war was complicated by domestic t…

Despite over 7,000 miles of separation from the Western Front, Imperial Japan un…

The First World War has been a neglected topic in Chinese historiography from 19…

Still largely overlooked in the international scholarship on the First World War…

This essay studies Chinese workers on the Western Front during the First World W…

For many years it was considered that the First World War had nothing to do with…

Historically, scholars largely disregarded China’s First World War involvement, …

Despite Japan’s critical contribution to the Allied cause, until recent years, h…

This article surveys the occupation of the formerly German-leased territory arou…

After Germany and its allies were defeated in Tsingtao, their soldiers were capt…

After China had declared its neutrality in the European conflict, the foreign po…

Despite its image as a “European” war, the First World War exerted a tremendous …

Social protest surged in Japan during World War I. Labor strikes, union organizi…

This article discusses China’s war aims during the First World War, as well as t…

This article discusses Japan’s war aims during the First World War, as well as t…

Japan’s participation in the Great War opened up a new chapter in the country’s …

The majority of Japan’s direct war expenditures during World War I were spent fr…

China’s war losses during World War I were primarily composed of 1) public and p…

China, which joined the Allied cause in 1917, profited economically from the Fir…

Although the military and geopolitical relevance of World War I to Japan must be…

Invented in France in 1860, barbed wire was further developed in the United Stat…

During the war, the Tsarist government imported large groups of Chinese to the R…

Dada, a transnational movement of artists, was founded in Zurich in 1916. It dis…

World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of …

Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a pivotal figure in Japanese history during the first …

During World War I, V. K. Wellington Koo worked in the Chinese foreign ministry …

Japan joined the League of Nations from its outset in 1920 as one of four perman…

Liang Qichao was the driving intellectual force behind the Chinese decision to j…

Japanese interest in expansion into the South Pacific began in the 1870s. World …

Responding to the British request for further support to the Allied war efforts,…

During World War One, Macau's main problem was its relationship with China. This…

Though of minimal significance for Japan militarily, the Great War helped stimul…

Japan declared war on Germany in August 1914 and, after a two-month siege, captu…

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, caused by Russian and Japanese expansionism…

Woodrow Wilson proposed a joint intervention with Japan to “rescue” the Czech le…

The wake of the Great War saw mobilizations against empire across the world, wit…

Alliances were an important feature of the international system on the eve of Wo…

In the modern era, new forms of mourning and meaning-making for fallen soldiers …

Innovative historical scholarship played an important role in the shaping of mem…

Total war is a controversial term used in the past by politicians, publicists an…

The extra-European theatres of World War I have received far less scholarly atte…

One sees a wide range of political regimes from a democratic republic with unive…

The rapid spread of epidemics ravaged military personnel and civilians in and ou…

This article focuses on the extent to which imperialism contributed to the outbr…

By examining the origins, pathways, demographic impact and consequences for the …

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, establishing both the Leagu…

The article examines international efforts to curb states’ war-making prerogativ…

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, the same day on which the L…

Militarism is a vague term that has meant different things to different people a…

Many issues surrounding the conduct of war in the years 1914-1918 were imperviou…

The Great War was never considered the “war to end all wars” by the states and a…

Post-war economies were beset with problems, ultimately leading to the Great Dep…

Raw materials were vital during the First World War. Due to the armaments produc…

This article deals with the nature of social conflict during the war. The length…

This article offers an overview of peacemaking after the First World War from th…

This article offers an overview of peacemaking after the First World War from th…

Imperialism shaped almost every facet of international politics from 1898 to 191…

It may surprise us to learn that some sectors of the European public were in fav…

Female war reporters from belligerent and neutral countries were present in the …

This article provides an overview of xenophobia during the First World War - nam…