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From cultures of war to cultures of peace : war and peace museums in Japan, China, and South Korea

Takashi Yoshida (Author)
"Takashi Yoshida provides a historical analysis of war and peace museums from the late nineteenth century to the present and traces the historical development of a pacifist discourse in postwar Japan that centered on Japan's war crimes and responsibility during the so-called Fifteen Year War, which began in 1931 with Japan's invasion of Manchuria and ended in 1945 with the nation's defeat. Prior to the defeat, a culture of war gripped the Japanese empire. Every segment of Japanese popular culture during the war bore witness to the flood of patriotism
Print Book, English, 2014
MerwinAsia, Portland, Maine, 2014
Military history
xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9781937385446, 9781937385439, 1937385442, 1937385434
833574066
The rise and fall of war museums in imperial Japan
The rise of multi-layered pacifism and early peace museums in postwar Japan
Expansion of peace museums: acknowledging Japanese aggression
Bringing peace to war dead
The revival of war museums in postwar Japan
History wars: responding to pressures from different interest groups
Peace museums in China and South Korea
Patriotism vs. peace