Book 2020

China's Good War

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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 2020

Asia, history
Public opinion
Chinese
Attitudes
Historiography
Civilization

"Once sidelined from public memory, World War II is now a historical touchstone in China. Rana Mitter links the reassessment of the war to China's rising nationalism. At home, Chinese use the war to shape conflicted identities; abroad the war with Japan is now treated as a Chinese victory, a founding myth for a people destined to shape the global order"--