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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
