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- Legacies of World War II in South and East Asia
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
summary
Sixty years after the end of World War II, the political and social fallout from the War is alive and divisive, as scholars in this volume show. One example is how former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine prevented China, Japan and South Korea from sitting down together to talk about Northeast Asian integration, and wider Asian integration. Another example is the question of comfort women. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement - that there is no evidence that Japan's government or army forced women to work in military brothels during the War - appeared to go back on a 1993 apology for the comfort women. How such issues of history are dealt with by countries of this region has an effect on contemporary relations among the major powers contending for leadership in East Asia.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- About the Contributors
- pp. xi-xvii
- PART ONE: OVERVIEW
- 1. Opening Remarks
- pp. 3-6
- PART TWO: SOUTHEAST ASIA
- 8. Singapore’s Missing War
- pp. 92-103
- PART THREE: NORTHEAST ASIA AND INDIA
- 13. World War II Legacies for India
- pp. 183-198
Additional Information
ISBN
9789812304575
Related ISBN(s)
9789812304681
MARC Record
OCLC
369149001
Pages
212
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No