Legacies of World War II in South and East Asia / edited by David Koh Wee Hock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koh, David W. H. (David Wee Hock)

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

East Asia--Politics and government--1945---Congresses.

East Asia.

South Asia--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.

South Asia.

Southeast Asia--Politics and government--1945---Congresses.

Southeast Asia.

World War, 1939-1945--East Asia--Congresses.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--South Asia--Congresses.

World War, 1939-1945--Southeast Asia--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Legacies of World War 2 in South and East Asia

Legacies of World War Two in South and East Asia

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9789812303288

9812303286

9789812304681

9812304681

9789812304575

9812304576

OCLC:

181089750