01812cam a2200301 i 4500 on1141442704 OCoLC ta 210223s2020 mau b 001 0 eng 2020005100 9780674984264 (hbk.) 0674984269 (hbk.) (OCoLC)1141442704 DS777.6 .M57 2020 Mitter, Rana, 1969- China's good war : how World War II is shaping a new nationalism / Rana Mitter. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2020. 316 p. 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". Nationalism and collective memory China. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Public opinion. Chinese Attitudes. China Historiography. China Civilization 1949- lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 DS777.6 .M57 2020 PNLIB21060810 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 996 996