The Eurasian Triangle. Russia, the Caucasus and Japan, 1904-1945

1 IntroductionÊ Acknowledgments and NotesÊVI

2 The Russo-Japanese WarÊ

2.1 WarÊ

2.2 The Akashi OperationsÊ

2.3 Japan and “Total Espionage”Ê

3 A LullÊ

3.1 “Pacication”Ê

3.2 The Impact of Japan’s VictoryÊ

3.3 A New Global Political CongurationÊ

3.4 “Spy Mania”Ê

3.5 The Caucasus on the Eve of World War IÊ

4 War, Independence, and Reconquest, 1914–21Ê

4.1 World War IÊ

4.2 RevolutionÊ

4.3 ReconquestÊ

4.4 The Caucasus and the WorldÊ

4.5 The Caucasus and JapanÊ

5 RenewalÊ

5.1 “Pacication”Ê

5.2 International RealignmentsÊ

5.3 The Renewal of Japan’s Interests in the CaucasusÊ

6 The Caucasus Group and JapanÊ

6.1 Moscow versus TokyoÊ

6.2 Japan and Caucasian Émigré ForcesÊ

6.3 The Caucasus Group and JapanÊ

6.4 The Anti-Comintern PactÊ

6.5 The Great TerrorÊ

6.6 Clandestine OperationsÊ

7 War and DénouementÊ

7.1 The Realignment of ForcesÊ

7.2 An Attempt on Stalin’s Life?Ê

7.3 The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and World War IIÊ

7.4 The Expansion of WarÊ

7.5 DénouementÊ

8 ConclusionÊ

AppendixÊ

BibliographyÊ

List of FiguresÊ

Sources of IllustrationsÊ

IndexÊ