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  • Men to Devils, Devils to Men

    by Barak Kushner ...
    The Japanese Army committed numerous atrocities during its pitiless campaigns in China from 1931 to 1945. Focusing on the trials of Japanese war criminals, Barak Kushner analyzes the political maneuvering and propagandizing in both China and Japan that would roil East Asian relations throughout the Cold War, with repercussions still felt today. ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • The Geography of Injustice

    East Asia's Battle between Memory and History

    by Barak Kushner ...
    In The Geography of Injustice**, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the present day.** In 1946 the Allies convened the Tokyo Trial to prosecute Japanese wartime atrocities and Japan's empire. At its conclusion one of the judges voiced dissent, claiming that the justice found at Tokyo was only "the sham employment ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia

    Deimperialization, Postwar Legitimation and Imperial Afterlife

    Edited by Barak Kushner, Sherzod Muminov ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    The end of Japan’s empire appeared to happen very suddenly and cleanly – but, as this book shows, it was in fact very messy, with a long period of establishing or re-establishing the postwar order. Moreover, as the authors argue, empires have afterlives, which, in the case of Japan’s empire, is not much studied. This book considers the details of deimperialization, including the repatriation of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Overcoming Empire in Post-Imperial East Asia

    Repatriation, Redress and Rebuilding

    Edited by Barak Kushner, Sherzod Muminov ...
    Series series SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
    When Emperor Hirohito announced defeat in a radio broadcast on 15th August 1945, Japan was not merely a nation; it was a colossal empire stretching from the tip of Alaska to the fringes of Australia grown out of a colonial ideology that continued to pervade East Asian society for years after the end of the Second World War. In Overcoming Empire in Post-Imperial East Asia: Repatriation, Redress and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Examining Japan's Lost Decades

    Edited by Yoichi Funabashi, Barak Kushner ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    This book examines five features of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’: the speed of the economic decline in Japan compared to Japan’s earlier global prowess; a rapidly declining population; considerable political instability and failed reform attempts; shifting balances of power in the region and changing relations with Asian neighbouring nations; and the lingering legacy of World War Two. Addressing the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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    China's World War II, 1937–1945

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    by Jeffrey D. Sachs ...
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    $7.99 USD

  • Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated)

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    by Bruce Cumings ...
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  • What the U.S. Can Learn from China

    An Open-Minded Guide to Treating Our Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher

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    The author examines what China can teach the U.S. in education, economic policy, foreign policy, strategic planning, and politics.While America reeled from the 2008 financial crisis, a high unemployment rate, and a surge in government debt, China's economy was the second largest in the world, and many predict it will surpass the United States'. President Obama called China's rise "a Sputnik moment ... Read more

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  • A History of East Asia

    From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century

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    Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. This shared past is at the heart ... Read more

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  • The Pacific War, 1931-1945

    A Critical Perspective on Japan's Role in World War II

    by Saburo Ienaga ...
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