The Asia Pacific War
eBook - ePub

The Asia Pacific War

Impact, Legacy, and Reconciliation

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Asia Pacific War

Impact, Legacy, and Reconciliation

About this book

This book examines key aspects of the Asia Pacific War (1931–1945), that was initially waged between Japan and China, before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor drew in the U.S.-led allied forces from 1941 to 1945.

Part I of the book examines three interlocking components, the origins of the war; its impact on combatants and civilians; and its short-term legacy, including the huge changes that took place in the postwar governance of Japan. Part II explores the ongoing impact and legacy of the war for those in postwar Japan, and later generations, particularly through the examination of the ambiguity of state-led reconciliation with Japan's neighbors, the growth of dynamic civil reconciliation efforts, and the prominent role of the arts in peace movements. Through a people-centered approach it filters historical events through the lens of the war's impact on individuals, who found themselves players within a larger frame of the social history of Japan and caught up in the international power dynamics of the nuclear age.

Featuring studies of contemporary peace activism, this will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Modern Asian and U.S. History, as well as those interested in postwar memory and reconciliation.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781138222342
eBook ISBN
9781315408002
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Author's note
  9. List of Tables
  10. List of Figures
  11. Preface
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. General Introduction: Japan's Peace Paradox
  14. Part I The Asia Pacific War
  15. Part II Postwar Reconciliation
  16. Index