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War, Guilt, and World Politics after World War II
Thomas U. Berger
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Hardcover. Describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of WWII. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518. 265 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. Describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of WWII. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JPB. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight: 518.
When do states choose to adopt a penitent stance towards the past? When do they choose to offer apologies for historical misdeeds, offer compensation for their victims and incorporate the darker sides of history into their textbooks, public monuments and museums? When do they choose not to do so? And what are the political consequences of how states portray the past? This book pursues these questions by examining how governments in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have wrestled with the difficult legacy of the Second World War and the impact of their policies on regional politics in Europe and Asia. ... Read more
When do states choose to adopt a penitent stance towards the past? When do they choose to offer apologies for historical misdeeds, offer compensation for their victims and incorporate the darker sides of history into their textbooks, public monuments and museums? When do they choose not to do so? And what are the political consequences of how states portray the past? This book pursues these questions by examining how governments in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have wrestled with the difficult legacy of the Second World War and the impact of their policies on regional politics in Europe and Asia. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107021600
SKU
V9781107021600
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About Thomas U. Berger
Thomas U. Berger is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Boston University. He is the author of Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan and of Redefining Japan and the US-Japan Alliance and co-editor of Japan in International Politics: Beyond the Reactive State. He has published extensively on issues relating to East Asian and ... Read more
Reviews for War, Guilt, and World Politics after World War II
'Berger's study focuses on one particular aspect of war guilt, namely the construction of an official narrative by the state in Germany, Austria and Japan to deal with economic, political, security and moral issues that arose as a consequence of their role in WWII. Berger proposes a methodological approach that makes use of historical determinism, instrumentalism and culturalist explanations in ... Read more