{"product_id":"the-other-great-game-the-opening-of-korea-and-the-birth-of-modern-east-asia-9780674303485","title":"The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History, this dramatic new account of the dawn of modern East Asia places Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the nineteenth century, Russia participated in two \"great games.\" One, well known, pitted the tsar's empire against Britain in Central Asia. The other, hitherto unrecognized, saw Russia, China, and Japan vying for domination of Korea. This eye-opening account argues that the contest over Korea set the course for the future of the global order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter centuries of isolation, Korea became a prize in the Sino-Japanese War at the close of the nineteenth century and the Russo-Japanese War at the beginning of the twentieth. Japan's victories not only gained the Meiji regime a colony but also dislodged Imperial China from regional supremacy. As the fate of the declining tsarist empire was sealed by its surprising military defeat, the United States and Britain sized up the new Japanese challenger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vivid story of two geopolitical earthquakes sharing Korea as their epicenter, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Great Game\u003c\/i\u003e rewrites the script of twentieth-century rivalry in the Pacific and enriches our understanding of contemporary global affairs, from the origins of Korea's bifurcated identity--a legacy of internal politics amid the imperial squabble--to China's irredentist ambitions and Russia's nostalgic dreams of recovering great-power status.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Miyoshi Jager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674303485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJager, Sheila Miyoshi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sheila Miyoshi Jager is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNarratives of Nation-Building in Korea: The Genealogy of Patriotism\u003c\/i\u003e. A specialist on modern East Asian and Korean history and politics, she has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sheila Miyoshi Jager \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47897228214429,"sku":"9780674303485","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2ee7f11c-a1a9-42e3-ab71-c99db59ce142.jpg?v=1778004140","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-other-great-game-the-opening-of-korea-and-the-birth-of-modern-east-asia-9780674303485","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}