Confronting Memories of World War II - European and Asian Legacies

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Daniel Chirot, Gi-Wook Shin, and Daniel Sneider Klappentext The legacy of the Second World War has been, like the war itself, an international phenomenon. In both Europe and Asia, common questions of criminality, guilt, and collaboration have intersected with history and politics on the local level to shape the way that wartime experience has been memorialized, reinterpreted, and used.By directly comparing European and Asian legacies, Confronting Memories of World War II, provides unique insight into the way that World War II continues to influence contemporary attitudes and politics on a global scale. The collection brings together experts from a variety of disciplines and perspectives to explore the often overlooked commonalities between European and Asian handling of memories and reflections about guilt. These commonalities suggest new understandings of the war's legacy and the continuing impact of historical trauma. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Admitting Guilt is Neither Common Nor Easy 2. Interrupted Memories 3. Different Strokes 4. Divided Memories of World War II in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies 5. France and the Memory of Occupation 6. Historical Reconciliation in the Northeast Asia 7. Israelis and Germany after the Second World War 8. Historical Memories and International Relations in Northeast Asia 9. Divisive Historical Memories 10. Guilt, Shame, Balts, Jews Bibliography Contributors Index

Product details

• Authors: Daniel (EDT)/ Shin Chirot, Daniel Shin Chirot
• Assisted by: Daniel Chirot (Editor), Gi-Wook Shin (Editor), Daniel Sneider (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2014
• EAN: 9780295993461
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99346-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Jackson School Publications in; Jackson School Publications in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories