China's Good War

Once sidelined from public memory, World War II is now a historical touchstone in China. Rana Mitter links 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.

Odata indepartat de memoria publica, al doilea razboi mondial este acum o piatra de temelie istorica in China. Rana Mitter leaga reevaluarea razboiului cu nationalismul in crestere al Chinei.