Troubled apologies among Japan, Korea, and the United States
By: Alexis Dudden.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780231141765; 9780231512046
Subjects: Collective memory -- Japan; Collective memory -- Korea (South); Japan -- Relations -- Korea (South); Korea (South) -- Relations -- Japan; United States -- Foreign relations -- East Asia; East Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
Description: "Examining the interplay between political apology and apologetic history Alexis Dudden focuses on the problematic relationship among Japanese imperialists, South Korean state builders, and Americans wielding power in Asia. She considers this history through diplomatic, cultural, and social issues of the postwar era and argues that the process of apology has created a dilemma from which none of these countries can escape without undoing decades of mythmaking."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.