Remembering and Forgetting: The Legacy of War and Peace in East Asia (Csis Significant Issues Series)

Conflicts that have divided parts of East Asia for the past 50 years remain competing claims between mainland China and Taiwan, past Japanese militarism and colonialism in the region, and the division of Korea into two ideologically opposed states. Memories of the events that gave rise to these conflicts are contested. Key to working through these memories, within and between nations, is the dialectical process of remembering and forgetting, which will deeply influence international relations in the region into the next century. It is in remembering and forgetting that individuals and nations determine identity, collective memory, and national will. It is in the social-psychological frameworks of remembering and forgetting that individuals and nations interpret the past, set present priorities, and determine future identities. Fighting stories : the political culture of memory in Northeast Asian relations / Charles Hill Memory, imagination, and national myths / Lucian W. Pye Same strait, different memories / Chas. W. Freeman, Jr Remembering and forgetting : the political culture of memory in divided Korea / Dong-bok Lee The inheritance of war : Japan's domestic politics and international ambitions / William Lee Howell An unassimilable past and the diplomacy of the future : international relations in East Asia fifty years on / Anne Simone Kleinman Includes bibliographical references Mode of access: Internet