Confronting memories of World War II : European and Asian legacies / edited by Daniel Chirot, Gi-Wook Shin, and Daniel Sneider.

ISBN:

9780295805320

Title:

Author:

Chirot, Daniel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Contents:

I. The Debate over Remembrances of World War II -- 1. Admitting Guilt Is Neither Common Nor Easy: Comparing World War II Memories in Europe and East Asia / Daniel Chirot -- 2. Interrupted Memories: The Debate over Wartime Memory in Northeast Asia / Daniel Sneider -- II. Divided Memories about Collaboration and Resistance -- 3. Different Strokes: Historical Realism and the Politics of History in Europe and Asia / Thomas Berger -- 4. Divided Memories of World War II in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies: Sukarno and Anne Frank as Icons of Dutch Historical Imagination / Frances Gouda -- 5. France and the Memory of Occupation / Julian Jackson -- III. Paths to Reconciliation -- 6. Historical Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: Past Efforts, Future Steps, and the U.S. Role / Gi-Wook Shin -- 7. Israelis and Germany after the Second World War: Is Reconciliation Possible? Can Universal Lessons Be Drawn? / Fania Oz-Salzberger -- IV. The Past as Present and the Psychological Response to Different Kinds of Memory -- 8. Historical Memories and International Relations in Northeast Asia / Gilbert Rozman -- 9. Divisive Historical Memories: Russia and Eastern Europe / Igor Torbakov -- 10. Guilt, Shame, Balts, Jews / Roger Petersen.

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Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Europe.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Asia.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.

Collective memory -- Europe.

Collective memory -- Asia.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects.

Psychic trauma -- Social aspects.

Reconciliation -- Political aspects.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-

Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-

Added Author:

Chirot, Daniel.

Shin, Gi-Wook.

Sneider, Daniel C.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

Seattle :

University of Washington Press,

2014.

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

Daniel Chirot is Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Washington. Gi-Wook Shin is director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, as well as holder of the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies. Daniel Sneider is associate director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center. Contributors include Thomas Berger, Frances Gouda, Julian T. Jackson, Fania Oz-Salzberger, Gilbert Rozman, Igor Torbakov, and Roger Petersen.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

The impetus behind this edited volume--a comparative history of European and Asian collective memories of WW II--is bright and innovative. Some chapters, such as Daniel Chirot's "Admitting Guilt Is neither Common nor Easy," weave together descriptions of Asian and European memory cultures to achieve a synthetic comparison. Others--for example, Fania Oz-Salzburger's "Israelis and Germany"--present case studies, each followed by a brief discussion of the contribution's relevance to the wider volume. Both approaches are valuable. Somewhat disappointingly, the authors do not provide many cutting-edge insights into the burgeoning field of memory studies. The editors have recognized in the Europe-Asia comparison a glaring need that this volume diligently and systematically fills, but graduate students and specialists will rue the fact that few theoretical gains are achieved. In spite of this, the book, which acts as a solid overview of various postwar memory cultures, will be an excellent addition to most libraries. It is well-suited for undergraduates, instructors looking to broaden their knowledge of WW II memory cultures, and because of its contemporary relevance, general readers. Summing Up: Recommended. General and undergraduate collections. S. Anderson Brigham Young University