Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Admitting Guilt is Neither Common Nor Easy

2. Interrupted Memories

3. Different Strokes

4. Divided Memories of World War II in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies

5. France and the Memory of Occupation

6. Historical Reconciliation in the Northeast Asia

7. Israelis and Germany after the Second World War

8. Historical Memories and International Relations in Northeast Asia

9. Divisive Historical Memories

10. Guilt, Shame, Balts, Jews

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Promotional Information

By directly comparing the European and Asian legacies, Confronting Memories of World War II provides unique insight into the way that World War II continues to influence contemporary attitudes and politics on a global scale.

About the Author

Daniel Chirot is Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Washington. Gi-Wook Shin is director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, as well as holder of the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies. Daniel Sneider is associate director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center. Contributors include Thomas Berger, Frances Gouda, Julian T. Jackson, Fania Oz-Salzberger, Gilbert Rozman, Igor Torbakov, and Roger Petersen.

Reviews

"A provocative, timely, superbly documented volume on urgent moral, political and historical topics. There is no trace of idealization - the book is objective, clear-minded, and historically poignant. A substantial, truly enriching addition in terms of a global comparative approach." - Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland, College Park "This truly 'international' edited volume on the issues of war, memory, and national identity explores how memories about wartime experiences - including criminality, collaboration and reconciliation - are shaped and reshaped, connected to questions of national identity, and used for domestic and international political purposes." - Patricia L. Maclachlan, University of Texas, Austin