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China's good war : how World War II is shaping a new nationalism / Rana Mitter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2020.Description: 316 pISBN:
  • 9780674984264 (hbk.)
  • 0674984269 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS777.6 .M57 2020
Contents:
Introduction: war, memory, and nationalism in China -- Hot war, cold war : China's conflicts, 1937-1978 -- History wars : how historical research shaped China's politics -- Memory, nostalgia, subversion : how China's public sphere embraced World War II -- Old memories, new media : wartime history online and onscreen -- From Chongqing to Yan'an : regional memory and wartime identity -- The Cairo Syndrome : World War II and China's contemporary international relations -- Conclusion: China's long postwar.
Summary: "Once sidelined from public memory, World War II is now a historical touchstone in China. Rana Mitter links the reassessment of the war to China's rising nationalism. At home, Chinese use the war to shape conflicted identities; abroad the war with Japan is now treated as a Chinese victory, a founding myth for a people destined to shape the global order".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: war, memory, and nationalism in China -- Hot war, cold war : China's conflicts, 1937-1978 -- History wars : how historical research shaped China's politics -- Memory, nostalgia, subversion : how China's public sphere embraced World War II -- Old memories, new media : wartime history online and onscreen -- From Chongqing to Yan'an : regional memory and wartime identity -- The Cairo Syndrome : World War II and China's contemporary international relations -- Conclusion: China's long postwar.

"Once sidelined from public memory, World War II is now a historical touchstone in China. Rana Mitter links the reassessment of the war to China's rising nationalism. At home, Chinese use the war to shape conflicted identities; abroad the war with Japan is now treated as a Chinese victory, a founding myth for a people destined to shape the global order".

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