The Making of the 'Rape of Nanking' - History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States POD

Zusatztext Yoshida does the field a service in bringing myriad insights together in one manuscript. He succeeds in opening windows on the psychologies behind all positions in the debates, and in highly readable prose. Klappentext This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Zusammenfassung This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I Allies and Enemies in the Asia-Pacific War (1937-45) 1: Japan: Mobilizing the Nation, Sanitizing Aggression 2: China: Intolerable Atrocities 3: US: "The Rape of Nanking" Part II The Storm of Postwar and Cold War Politics (1945-71) 4: Japan: Confronting the Nanjing Massacre 5: China: In Times of Civil and Cold War 6: US: Rebuilding Japan Part III Bringing the Nanjing Massacre into Print (1971-1988) 7: Japan: from "Victim Consciousness" to "Victimizer Consciousness" 8: China: Nationalizing Memory of the Nanjing Massacre 9: US: Focus on Japanese Denials of the Pat Part IV The Internationalization of the Nanjing Massacre (1989-present) 10: Japan: A War Over History and Memory 11: China: The Nanjing Massacre and Patriotic Education 12: US: Rediscovery of the Nanjing Massacre Conclusion Notes Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Takashi Yoshida, Takashi (Assistant Professor of History Yoshida, Yoshida Takashi
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2009
• EAN: 9780195383140
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538314-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General