ABSTRACT
The Russo-Japanese War was seen to be extraordinary from a military point of view, but also to be a seminal cultural event. The themes that led to war in 1904 and were then accentuated by it have remained familiar; some which came to seem archaic, and even unfashionable in the discourse on warfare and international relations, have found a fresh relevance in the twenty-first century, even though some may find it too uncomfortable to recognize the heritage of these ideas.
