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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Main Author: Saito, Hiro (Sociologist) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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.