The history problem the politics of war commemoration in East Asia
70 years after the Asia-Pacific War ended, Japan is still embroiled in intense controversies with South Korea and China over how to commemorate it. Why did the controversies-known as East Asia's 'history problem' - become so entangled and protracted? Can the history problem ever be re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu
University of Hawai'i Press
2017, 2017
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 70 years after the Asia-Pacific War ended, Japan is still embroiled in intense controversies with South Korea and China over how to commemorate it. Why did the controversies-known as East Asia's 'history problem' - become so entangled and protracted? Can the history problem ever be resolved, and if so, how? By carefully examining a vast corpse of historical materials, available both in English and Japanese, 'The History Problem' reveals the fundamentally relational nature of the problem, caused by nationalist commemorations in Japan as well as in South Korea and China that focus on what happened to co-nationals without sufficient regard for foreign others |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2016 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780824873714 |