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Russian Military Intelligence on Asia Online:
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Verlag :: Publisher Brill Academic Publishers |
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Preis :: Price Preise auf Anfrage / Prices on request |
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Das Angebot richtet sich nicht an Verbraucher i. S. d. § 13 BGB und Letztverbraucher i. S. d. PAngV. |
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Bestellnummer bei digento :: digento order number 105196 |
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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information Brill offers two collections of Russian military intelligence on Asia, namely the Archive Series and the Secret Prints. Together, they comprise a wealth of hitherto virtually unknown data about Asia that were gathered before the 20th century by explorers, military attachés, diplomats, academics, and others. The importance of these materials is hard to exaggerate: They will be invaluable to scholars who are interested in both Imperial Russia and the Asian continent. Until very recently, the pre-revolutionary general staff's vast Asian holdings remained largely off-limits to scholars. Now, for the first time, Brill is making the more significant archival collections available to research libraries on microfilm and fiche, as well as part of its new Digital Library. Archive Series, 1651-1917 Brill's Russian Military Intelligence on Asia's archive series gathers the holdings of the Russian State Military History Archive (RGVIA) in Moscow for nine countries: The Far Eastern Threat – Confronting China, Japan, and Korea The Eastern Question – Confronting Turkey, Palestine, Arabia, and Syria The Great Game – Confronting Persia and Afghanistan The Far Eastern Threat – Confronting China and Japan While Imperial Russia never formally went to war with China, tsarist interest in its vast Far Eastern neighbor increased during the 19th century, as the decline of the Qing dynasty offered tempting opportunities for expansion. Furthermore, because of Russia's long history of informal relations, its citizens were in a singularly favorable position to study regions of China that were entirely inaccessible to other Europeans. IDC's Far Eastern Threat Collection comprises broader military, political, economic, ethnographic, and geographical studies, as well as valuable primary documents about the annexation of the Amur and Ussuri regions, the Ili Crisis, the Sino-Russian alliance, and concessions in Manchuria. The Eastern Question – Confronting Turkey During the last two centuries of its existence, the Russian Empire clashed with Turkey no less than eight times; one of these conflicts was the disastrous Crimean War. Known to Victorian England as "The Eastern Question," these confrontations were a major feature of the era's great power struggle. The Russian general staff gathered an enormous mass of data about its Ottoman adversary, which are grouped in the Eastern Question component of IDC's Russian Military Intelligence collection. Comprising more than 1,000 separate files, the archive includes classified attaché and diplomatic reports on Turkish politics, British influence, the organization and condition of the Turkish army, the defenses of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles Straits, as well as nationalist revolts in the Balkans and elsewhere. There are also over 500 maps, plans, diagrams, and other illustrations. The Great Game – Confronting Persia The 18th and 19th centuries saw Russia go to war with Persia four times. While tsarist ambitions focused largely on the Caucasus, London came to fear grander designs in a rivalry for dominion over Asia that they dubbed "the Great Game." IDC's Great Game collection includes close to 200 maps. The texts range from surveys of political, economic, and military developments, to Armenian separatism and Russian military assistance to the Persian army. Classified Because the collection was classified as either "Secret" or "For Internal Use Only," and was published in only a small print run, there are no complete collections available abroad, and even the holdings of Russia's leading libraries are often wanting. Brill's Military Intelligence Collection therefore makes available for the first time this valuable resource to the scholarly community worldwide. |
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