The history problem the politics of war commemoration in East Asia

Seventy years have passed since the end of the Asia-Pacific War, yet Japan remains embroiled in controversy with its neighbors over the war's commemoration. Among the many points of contention between Japan, China, and South Korea are interpretations of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, apologies and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saito, Hiro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press 2016, [2016]©2016
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Cross-national fragmentation, 1945-1964
  • The growth of transnational interactions, 1965-1988
  • Apologies and denunciations, 1989-1996
  • The coexistence of nationalism and cosmopolitanism, 1997-2015
  • The legacy of the Tokyo trial
  • The role of historians in the history problem