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China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism

by Rana Mitter

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Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the “victory”―a key foundation of China’s rising nationalism. For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization―and one that saw Mao Zedong

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2020
Format: Print edition
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780674984264

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History: Asia – China

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