TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitter,Rana
TI  - China's good war: how World War II is shaping a new nationalism 
SN  - 9780674984264
U1  - 320.540951 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Nationalism and collective memory
KW  - China
KW  - Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 1949-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: War, memory, and nationalism in China -- Hot war, cold war: China's conflicts, 1937-1978 -- History wars: how historical research shaped China's politics -- Memory, nostalgia, subversion: how China's public sphere embraced World War II -- Old memories, new media: wartime history online and onscreen -- From Chongqing to Yan'an: regional memory and wartime identity -- The Cairo Syndrome: World War II and China's contemporary international relations -- Conclusion: China's long postwar
N2  - "Once sidelined from public memory, World War II is now a historical touchstone in China. Rana Mitter links the reassessment of the war to China's rising nationalism. At home, Chinese use the war to shape conflicted identities; abroad the war with Japan is now treated as a Chinese victory, a founding myth for a people destined to shape the global order"--
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