United States and Asia at War: A Cultural Approach: A Cultural Approach (Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center Books (Paperback))

This text examines the Pacific War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, from the perspective of those who fought the wars and lived through them. The relationship between history and memory informs the book, and each war is relocated in the historical and cultural experiences of Asian countries. This Book Brings A Fresh Perspective To Three Wars The United States Fought In Asia Between 1941 And 1975 - The Pacific War, The Korean War, And The Vietnam War - By Focusing On The Human Dimension Of War As Experienced By Those, On All Sides, Who Fought, Lived Through, And Later Remembered Them. The Complex Relationship Between History And Memory Is Brought To Bear On Analyses Of Cultural Artifacts And Productions Including Novels, Films, Short Stories, And Poems That Derive From Or Evoke War. Even Though The Cultural Approach Concerns Itself With The Local And The Particular Rather Than With The Abstract And Universal, It Is Inherently Comparative. Moreover, It Also Relocates Each War In The Historical And Cultural Experiences Of Asian Countries Themselves Rather Than Seeing The War As Merely A Conflict Between The United States And Asian Nations. This Volume Is Meant To Encourage Readers, Especially In A Teaching Environment, To Develop An Understanding Of The Experience Of War In Asia That Is Variegated, Fragmented, And Complex, Like The Wars Themselves. Introduction: Sounding The Human Dimensions Of War / Philip West, Steven I. Levine, And Jackie Hiltz -- Remembering Beginnings And Endings: The Fiftieth Anniversary At Pearl Harbor And The Enola Gay Controversy At The National Air And Space Museum / Edward T. Linenthal -- The Bombed: Hiroshimas And Nagasakis In Japanese Memory / John W. Dower -- Japanese Films About The Pacific War / Tadao Sato -- Our Forgotten War: The Korean War In Korean And American Popular Culture / David R. Mccann -- Fragmentation In American And Vietnamese War Fiction / Leslie Kennedy Adams -- American And Vietnamese Poetry Of Witness: Bridge Over Troubled Waters / James Soular -- Moral Judgment In War And Crimes Against Humanity / Van Jay Symons -- My Pacific War Revisited / Merrel Clubb -- A Double Exposure Of The War / Ahn Junghyo -- Through American Eyes: Combat Experiences And Memories Of Korea And Vietnam / Colonel Harry Summers, Jr. -- The Korean War At The Dinner Table / Pingchao Zhu -- Myth Of The Heroic Soldier And Images Of The Enemy / James Z. Gao -- The Age Of The World Target / Rey Chow -- Controversies Surroundig The Asia-pacific War: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial / Kentaro Awaya -- Tutoring Democracy: Michigan State University And The Politics Of Reform In South Vietnam / John Ernst -- American Wars Within World History / G. L. Penrose -- The Indian Wars And The Vietnam War / David Trask. Edited By Philip West, Steven I. Levine, And Jackie Hiltz. An East Gate Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.