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Informationen zum Autor 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. 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. 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. Daqing Yang is associate professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University. Klappentext This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the war is perceived, how it was commemorated on the seventieth anniversary of its conclusion, and how contemporary politics affects historical memory. Zusammenfassung This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region! the contributors analyze how the war is perceived! how it was commemorated on the seventieth anniversary of its conclusion! and how contemporary politics affects historical memory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Commemorating 1945 in Transnational History, Akira Iriye Introduction: Anniversary Commemorations: Politics of Collective Memory and Identity, Daqing Yang and Mike Mochizuki Chapter 1: PRC: Meanings and Contradictions of Victory, Daqing Yang Chapter 2: Republic of China: Government Balancing Acts in Commemorating World War II, Robert Sutter Chapter 3: Japan: Contested History and Identity Conflict, Mike Mochizuki Chapter 4: South Korea: Commemorations, Revision and Reckoning, Christine Kim Chapter 5: Philippines: Memorials and Commemorations in Seven Decades, Ricardo T. Jose Chapter 6: Singapore: Commemoration and Reconciliation, Tze Loo Chapter 7: United States: Remembrance without Recrimination, Marc Gallicchio Chapter 8: Russia: Commemorating the War in the West More Than East, Marlene Laruelle Chapter 9: Germany: Comprehensive and Complex "Culture of Remembrance," Lily Gardner Feldman ...
