The latest, probing look at the 1905 Portsmouth Peace Treaty, the last peace agreement between Japan and Russia

On the centennial of the peace treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5, Dartmouth College hosted a conference to examine the background and making of that treaty and its long-term implications for international relations. Over forty North American, Japanese, and Russian scholars and practitioners participated in the forum. The Treaty of Portsmouth and Its Legacies presents eight outstanding conference papers, revised for publication, and two additional papers solicited to round out the scholarship. Together these papers illuminate diplomacy before and after the war, the peace process, the political and cultural legacies of Portsmouth, and the treaty’s significance for Asia-Pacific relations today.

STEVEN ERICSON is associate professor of History, Dartmouth College. ALLEN HOCKLEY is associate professor of Art History, Dartmouth College.

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