{"product_id":"the-unpredictability-of-the-past-9780822339458","title":"The Unpredictability of the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines how collective memories of Asia-Pacific War continue to affect relations among China, Japan, and United States. This book explores how American ideas about Japanese history shaped US occupation policy following Japan's surrender in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Unpredictability of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e advances an important and growing literature on the construction of history and public memory, in which World War II and U.S.–East Asian relations figure prominently. By an array of recognized senior and promising younger scholars, the essays introduce an impressive and engaging range of topics and sources.”—Joseph M. Henning, author of \u003ci\u003eOutposts of Civilization: Race, Religion, and the Formative Years of American-Japanese Relations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bringing together essays by some of the best authors writing international history today, \u003ci\u003eThe Unpredictability of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e provides fascinating insights into the formation and uses of memories related to World War II. It is an outstanding collection.”—Thomas W. Zeiler, author of \u003ci\u003eUnconditional Defeat: Japan, America, and the End of World War II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Marc Gallicchio 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Memory’s Many Forms \u003cbr\u003e 1. Remembering Pearl Harbor before September 11, 2001 \/ Emily S. Rosenberg 15\u003cbr\u003e II. Policymakers and the Uses of Historical Memory \u003cbr\u003e 2. The First Revisionists: Bonner Fellers, Herbert Hoover, and Japan’s Decision to Surrender \/ Haruo Iguchi 51\u003cbr\u003e 3. History and Memory in Postwar U.S.-Japanese Relations \/ Frank Ninkovich 85\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cold War Diplomacy and Memories of the Pacific War: A Comparison of the American and Japanese Cases \/ Takuya Sasaki 121\u003cbr\u003e III. Making Memory Concrete: Museums, Monuments, and Memorials \u003cbr\u003e 5. Constructing a National Memory of the War: War Museums in China, Japan, and the United States \/ Xiaohua Ma 155\u003cbr\u003e 6. The\u003ci\u003e Enola Gay \u003c\/i\u003eand the Contested Public Memory \/ Waldo Heinrichs 201\u003cbr\u003e 7. War Memories across the Pacific Japanese Visitors at the \u003ci\u003eArizona\u003c\/i\u003e Memorial \/ Yujin Yaguchi 234\u003cbr\u003e IV. Transpacific Memories \u003cbr\u003e 8. Memory and the Lost Found Relationship between Black Americans and Japan \/ Marc Gallicchio 255\u003cbr\u003e 9. Entangled Memories: China in American and Japanese Remembrances of World War II \/ Daqing Yang 287\u003cbr\u003e Concluding Remarks \/ Marc Gallicchio 319\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 329\u003cbr\u003e Index 331","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406045552983,"sku":"9780822339458","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822339458.jpg?v=1730494351","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-unpredictability-of-the-past-9780822339458","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}