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
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