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China's good war : how World War II is shaping a new nationalism / Rana Mitter.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020Description: 316 pages; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9780674984264
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.540951 23
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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