Search for Reconciliation - Sino-Japanese and German-Polish Relations Since World War II

Focusing on two case studies from East Asia and Europe, Yinan He argues that the key to interstate reconciliation is the harmonization of national memories.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Explaining deep interstate reconciliation; 2. When east meets west: postwar West German-Polish reconciliation; 3. Initial isolation: pre-normalization Sino-Japanese reconciliation; 4. The 'honeymoon' period: Sino-Japanese relations, 1972-81; 5. An old feud comes back: Sino-Japanese relations in the 1980s; 6. Volatility and downward spiral: Sino-Japanese relations from the 1990s to the present; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.

About the author

Yinan He received her PhD in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004 and is currently Assistant Professor at the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, New Jersey. She was a postdoctoral research associate of the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program in 2007–8, An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Studies at Harvard University, Massachusetts in 2004–5, John M. Olin Predoctoral Fellow in National Security at Harvard University in 2003–4, and research student at the University of Tokyo in 1999–2001, sponsored by the Japanese Government Mombusho Scholarship. She holds a BA from Peking University, Beijing and an MA from Fudan University, Shanghai in international politics.

Summary

Focusing on two case studies from East Asia and Europe, Yinan He argues that the key to interstate reconciliation is the harmonization of national memories. Conversely, memory divergence resulting from national mythmaking harms long-term prospects for reconciliation.

Product details

• Authors: Yinan He, Yinan (Seton Hall University He, He Yinan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2015
• EAN: 9781316501115
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50111-5
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Japan, China, History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Poland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Peace studies and conflict resolution, History and Archaeology, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General