The Pacific War and Its Political Legacies

by Denny Roy

Book Overview

Competition among the national myths of the Pacific War held by the various countries of Northeast Asia and by the US about the Pacific still rages in the international politics, even while accurate understanding of what actually took place in that war has largely faded. Unresolved wartime grievances continue to constrain, distort, and embitter bilateral relationships, erupting over such issues as the Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese history textbooks,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313375666
• ISBN13: 9780313375668
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"