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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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…

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…

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 …

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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