The Pacific War and its political legacies

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The Pacific War and its political legacies

Denny Roy

Praeger, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Competition among the national myths of the Pacific War held by the various countries of Northeast Asia and by the US about the Pacific still rages in the international politics, even while accurate understanding of what actually took place in that war has largely faded. Unresolved wartime grievances continue to constrain, distort, and embitter bilateral relationships, erupting over such issues as the Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese history textbooks, the Nanjing Massacre, the comfort women, how to remember the atomic bombs, and the US military bases on Okinawa. The first part of The Pacific War and Its Political Legacies recounts as straightforwardly and impartially as possible the trains of events of the Pacific War that continue to vex international relations in Northeast Asia. This summary historical narrative provides the reader with enough backstory to challenge the reader's own assumptions and to judge the veracity and balance of other competing national interpretations of the war. This second part of The Pacific War and its Political Legacies explains: the origins of contending interpretations of the war; how those interpretations have led to the positions and policies of postwar governments and societal groups on issues directly related to the war; and how the domestic and international political interests of successive postwar governments and factions have shaped the interpretations that are selected by national elites for inculcation by the national educational, political, and media systems under their control. Dr. Roy teases out the ambivalent roles of national elites as prisoners and inventors of history, constrained to reaffirm received national myths of the Pacific War while dynamically altering them to suit current political purposes.

目次

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Chinas Ordeal Chapter Three: Sino-Japan War Expands to Pacific War Chapter Four: A Ruthless War Chapter Five: Bombing Japan Chapter Six: The Atomic Bombs and the End of the War Chapter Seven: Regime Change in Korea, Japan and Taiwan Chapter Eight: Pacific War Rashomon Chapter Nine: Comfort Women Discomfiture Chapter Ten: China and the History Card Chapter Eleven: U.S.-Japan Relations Chapter Twelve: Atomic Rancor between America and Japan Chapter Thirteen: Conclusion

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