Power and the Past: Collective Memory and International Relations

Contents

Contents Introduction: Twenty-first-Century Memories Eric Langenbacher and Yossi Shain 1 1 Collective Memory as a Factor in Political Culture and International Relations Eric Langenbacher 13 2 Germany’s National Identity, Collective Memory, and Role Abroad Bettina Warburg 51 3 Collective Memory and German–Polish Relations Eric Langenbacher 71 4 Building Up a Memory: Austria, Switzerland, and Europe Face the Holocaust Avi Beker 97 5 Memory, Tradition, and Revival: Who, Then, Speaks for the Jews? Ori Z. Soltes 121 6 September 11 in the Rearview Mirror: Contemporary Policies and Perceptions of the Past Omer Bartov 147 7 The Eventful Dates 12/12 and 9/11: Tales of Power and Tales of Experience in Contemporary History Michael Kazin 161 v vi Contents 8 The Use and Abuse of History in Berlin and Washington since 9/11: A Plea for a New Era of Candor Jeffrey Herf 173 9 Of Shrines and Hooligans: The Structure of the History Problem in East Asia after 9/11 Thomas U. Berger 189 10 Popular Culture and Collective Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Chinese–U.S. Relations after 9/11 Gerrit W. Gong 203 Conclusion: Collective Memory and the Logic of Appropriate Behavior Yossi Shain 213 Contributors 225 Index 229 ...