[Book Review] The unpredictability of the past: Memories of the Asia-Pacific: War in U.S. - East Asian revolutions

Akami, Tomoko

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[Book Review] The unpredictability of the past: Memories of the Asia-Pacific: War in U.S. - East Asian revolutions

Date

2009

Authors

Akami, Tomoko

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Abstract

This edited volume examines two questions: (i) what role have memories of the Asia-Pacific War played in ‘the development of transpacific relations since 1945’; and (ii) how did/does ‘contemporary events or concerns influence and frame memories of the war’ (p. 5)? The notion of ‘transpacific relations’ here refers to the relationship between the US and Japan and China, although most chapters focus on US–Japan relations...