Anglo-Japanese alliance: how did the relationships between the major participating countries before the war contribute to its outbreak?

The essay should come in at roughly 500 to 750 words and should include your perspective on the readings in the context of our discussion relative to the question posed for that week. Formulate your answer to the question(s) and let us know how your ideas were influenced by the readings and by discussion with the rest of the class.

Using the primary source documents relating to alliances, the secondary scholarly article on the Anglo-Japanese alliance, definitions and identifications, maps, the lecture, and “The Limits of Diplomacy,” by Mustafa Aksakal, just how did the relationships between the major participating countries before the war contribute to its outbreak?