{"product_id":"the-geography-of-injustice-east-asias-battle-between-memory-and-history-hardback-9781501774010","title":"The Geography of Injustice; East Asia's Battle Between Memory and History (Hardback) 9781501774010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Geography of Injustice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEast Asia's Battle Between Memory and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarak Kushner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501774010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 3 maps - 3 Maps - 11 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough revealing details and astute commentaries, Kushner demonstrates why WWII has cast such a haunting shadow over East Asia while the rest of the world seems to have long moved on.\u003c\/p\u003e (International Affairs) \u003cp\u003eWith its rich analysis of post-WWII legal, political, and cultural dynamics, this book is essential reading for understanding the region's historical and ongoing tensions.\u003c\/p\u003e (Australian Outlook)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Geography of Injustice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e In 1946 the Allies convened the Tokyo Trial to prosecute Japanese wartime atrocities and Japan's empire. At its conclusion one of the judges voiced dissent, claiming that the justice found at Tokyo was only \"the sham employment of a legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar crimes tribunals, Kushner shows, allow for the history of the defeated to be heard. In contemporary East Asia a fierce battle between memory and history has consolidated political camps across this debate. The Tokyo Trial courtroom, as well as the thousands of other war crimes tribunals opened in about fifty venues across Asia, were legal stages where prosecution and defense curated facts and evidence to craft their story about World War Two. These narratives and counter narratives form the basis of postwar memory concerning Japan's imperial aims across the region. The archival record and the interpretation of court testimony together shape a competing set of histories for public consumption. \u003ci\u003eThe Geography of Injustice\u003c\/i\u003e offers compelling evidence that despite the passage of seven decades since the end of the war, East Asia is more divided than united by history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Making Bad Television\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Kaleidoscope of Defeat in East Asia\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Shape of Justice: Creating New Symbols of InternationalStature\u003cbr\u003e 3. When the Hero of Your Story is the Villain of Another\u003cbr\u003e 4. Laying Blame for Japan's War Responsibility\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Tyranny of Tiny Decisions: the Failure of the Japanese Left\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Violence of Imperial Dissolution at the Periphery\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Geography of Power: Producing Political Legitimacy inRepublican China\u003cbr\u003e 8. Creating a Theater of Law in Mao's China\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Pathology of Justice in Post-Occupation Japan\u003cbr\u003e 10. Behind the Curtain: Shaping Sino-Japanese Postwar AttitudesToward Justice\u003cbr\u003e 11. Evaporating Legal Memory and KMT War Criminals\u003cbr\u003e 12. Owning the War: Constructing the Contours of National History,1970s-1980s\u003cbr\u003e 13. Afterlives of the Damned : the Commemoration of Justice and Injustice, 1990s to the Present\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Poverty of Political Ambition in East Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676820730136,"sku":"9781501774010","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-geography-of-injustice-east-asias-battle-between-memory-and-history-hardback-9781501774010","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}