Japanese and American War Atrocities, Historical Memory and Reconciliation
World War II to Today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Selden (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | S7 |
| Pages | 157-177 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466013025783 |
| OpenAlex | W4410183700, W4410182022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The controversies that continue to swirl around the Nanjing Massacre, the military comfort women, Unit 731 and other Japanese military atrocities rooted in colonialism and the Asia Pacific War are critical not only to understanding the dynamics of war, peace, and terror in the long twentieth century. They are also vital for understanding war memory and denial, with implications for peace and regional accommodation in the Asia Pacific region and the US-Japan relationship. [1]This article offers a comparative framework for understanding war atrocities and the ways in which they are remembered, forgotten and memorialized. It examines a number of high profile atrocities in an effort to understand their character and the reasons why recognizing and accepting responsibility for their actions have been so difficult. Neither committing atrocities nor suppressing their memories is the exclusive property of a single nation. The issues examined here begin with atrocities committed during the Asia Pacific War and continue to the present
Ancient history · First world war · International law · Political science · War crime · World War II · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |