The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan

The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan

by JamesJ.Orr (Author)

Synopsis

This work is an inquiry into the emergence of ""victim consciousness"" as an essential component of Japanese pacifist national identity after World War II. It reveals how postwar Japanese elites and American occupying authorities collaborated to structure the parameters of remembrance of the war.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 284
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Published: Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 0824824350
ISBN 13: 9780824824358