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v Contents Acknowledgments vii 1. Victims, Victimizers, and Mythology 1 2. Leaders and Victims Personal War Responsibility During the Occupation 14 3. Hiroshima and Yuiitsu no hibakukoku Atomic Victimhood in the Antinuclear Peace Movement 36 4. Educating a Peace-Loving People Narratives of War in Postwar Textbooks 71 5. “Sentimental Humanism” The Victim in Novels and Film 106 6. Compensating Victims The Politics of Victimhood 137 7. Beyond the Postwar 173 Appendixes 181 Notes 185 Bibliography 243 Index 257 ...

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