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Title China's good war : how World War II is shaping a new nationalism
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Call No 320.540951 MIT
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Publisher Name Harvard University Press
Publishing Year 2020
Edition 1st
Pages 316
Price 0.00 PKR
Text Language English
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Description "Once sidelined from public memory, World War II is now a historical touchstone in China. Rana Mitter links the reassessment of the war to China's rising nationalism. At home, Chinese use the war to shape conflicted identities; abroad the war with Japan is now treated as a Chinese victory, a founding myth for a people destined to shape the global order"--
Keywords China-Nationalism and collective memory; Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945-Public opinion; Chinese-Attitudes