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The Geography of Injustice
- East Asia's Battle Between Memory and History
Engelsk Hardback
The Geography of Injustice
- East Asia's Battle Between Memory and History
Engelsk Hardback

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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 of a legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge." War crimes tribunals, Kushner shows, allow for the history of the defeated to be heard. In contemporary East Asia a fierce battle between memory and history has consolidated political camps across this debate. The Tokyo Trial courtroom, as well as the thousands of other war crimes tribunals opened in about fifty venues across Asia, were legal stages where prosecution and defense curated facts and evidence to craft their story about World War Two. These narratives and counter narratives form the basis of postwar memory concerning Japan's imperial aims across the region. The archival record and the interpretation of court testimony together shape a competing set of histories for public consumption. The Geography of Injustice offers compelling evidence that despite the passage of seven decades since the end of the war, East Asia is more divided than united by history.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781501774010
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1501774018
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 mar 2024
Længde:
32mm
Bredde:
238mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
Cornell University Press
Oplagsdato:
15 mar 2024
Forfatter(e):
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