Dark Pasts : : Changing the State's Story in Turkey and Japan / / Jennifer M. Dixon.
Over the past two decades, many states have heard demands that they recognize and apologize for historic wrongs. Such calls have not elicited uniform or predictable responses. While some states have apologized for past crimes, others continue to silence, deny, and relativize dark pasts. What explain...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Coming to Terms with Dark Pasts?
- 1. Changing the State's Story
- 2. The Armenian Genocide and Its Aftermath
- 3. From Silencing to Mythmaking (1950-early 1990s)
- 4. Playing Hardball (1994-2008)
- 5. The Nanjing Massacre and the Second Sino-Japanese War
- 6. "History Issues" in the Postwar Period (1952-1989)
- 7. Unfreezing the Question of History (1998-2008)
- Conclusion: The Politics of Dark Pasts
- Appendix 1. Research Conducted
- Appendix 2. Turkish High School History Textbooks Analyzed
- Notes
- References
- Index