In Revolution Goes East, Tatiana Linkhoeva traces the impact of the Russian Revolution on imperial Japan across multiple spheres of influence, power networks, and political coalitions, such as Japan's own socialist Left, and presents a much more nuanced history of Soviet-Japanese relations. Focusing on both domestic and foreign policies during the interwar period, Linkhoeva demonstrates how the debates about the meaning of the Russian Revolution, its geopolitical repercussions, and its ideological implications played an important role in shaping the social and political trajectory of imperial Japan.
The first part of the book contains four chapters and documents the impact of the Russian Revolution on Japan's internal and external policies. Linkhoeva begins with an overview of Russo-Japanese relations before 1917 and argues that various trends in Japan's attitude toward the early Soviet regime, such as anxiety over Russia's expansionism and division of power into “spheres of influence,” prove “a remarkable...
