"A Military Race":Jack London's Russo-Japanese War Writing and Imperial Anxiety
In the news reports and literary works on the background of the Russo-Japanese War,the issues of Japanese press censorship,Bushido discipline and the"Yellow Peril"frequently appear.Considering modern Japanese nationalism,American mainstream consciousness and the international pattern of the Pacific region,it is not difficult to find that Jack London's war writing echoes the geopolitical strategy of the United States.It also provides an important clue to London's apocalyptic prediction that Japan was"a military race".In fact,London frequently warned the people to guard against the Japanese"military yellow peril".On the one hand,it reflects the Russian defeat in the war caused by the general anxiety of Western whites;On the other hand,it recognizes Jack London's accurate prediction of the upsurge of extreme nationalism in postwar Japan and the evolution of the international pattern in the Pacific region.
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