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Ways of forgetting, ways of remembering : Japan in the modern world / John W. Dower.

Summary:

A profound look at American and Japanese perceptions--past and present--of key moments in their shared history. An incisive investigation of the problems of public history and its role in a modern democracy, these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in postwar U.S.-Japan relations, as well as the broader discipline of history.

Record details

ISBN: 9781595586186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1595586180 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : New Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-271) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

E.H. Norman, Japan, and the uses of history -- Race, language, and war in two cultures : World War II in Asia -- Japan's beautiful modern war -- "An aptitude for being unloved" : war and memory in Japan -- The bombed : Hiroshimas and Nagasakis in Japanese memory -- A doctor's diary of Hiroshima, fifty years later -- How a genuine democracy should celebrate its past -- Peace and democracy in two systems : external policy and internal conflict -- Mocking misery : grassroots satire in defeated Japan -- Lessons from Japan about war's aftermath -- The other Japanese occupation.