Memory, Identity, and Commemorations of World War II: Anniversary Politics in Asia Pacific

Mike Mochizuki, Akira Iriye, Daqing Yang

ISBN 10: 149856769X / ISBN 13: 9781498567695

Editore: Lexington 2018-04-15, 2018

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• Titolo: Memory, Identity, and Commemorations of World War II: Anniversary Politics in Asia Pacific
• Editore: Lexington 2018-04-15
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 149856769X
• ISBN 13: 9781498567695
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Why do some governments and societies attach great significance to a particular anniversary year whereas others seem less inclined to do so? What motivates the orchestration of elaborate commemorative activities in some countries? What are they supposed to accomplish, for both domestic and international audience? In what ways do commemorations in Asia Pacific fit into the global memory culture of war commemoration? In what ways are these commemorations intertwined with current international politics?

This book presents the first large-scale analysis of how countries in the Asia Pacific and beyond commemorated the seventieth anniversaries of the end of World War II. Consisting of in-depth case studies of China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, United States, Russia, and Germany, this unique collective effort demonstrates how memories of the past as reflected in public commemorations and contemporary politics-both internal and international-profoundly affect each other.

Informazioni sugli autori

Daqing Yang is associate professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University.

Mike Mochizuki is associate professor of political science and international affairs and holds the Japan-U.S. Relations Chair in Memory of Gaston Sigur at George Washington University.

Lily Gardner Feldman is Harry & Helen Gray Senior Fellow in Residence and director of the Society, Culture, and Politics Program at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Marlene Laruelle is research professor, director of the Central Asia Program, and associate director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University.