Whereas most discussions of history have centered on the rift between China and Japan, this book focuses on three other divisions stemming from deep-seated memories within Northern Asia, which increasingly will test U.S. diplomacy and academic analysis. The first division involves long-suppressed Japanese and South Korean memories that are critical of U.S. behavior – concerning issues such as the atomic bombings, the Tokyo Tribunal, and the Korean War. The second division is the enduring disagreement between Japan and South Korea over history. What can the United States do to invigorate urgently needed trilateral ties? The third and most important division is the revival of a sinocentric worldview, which foretells a struggle between China and other countries concerning history, one that has already begun in China's dispute with South Korea and is likely to implicate the United States above all.
- New perspective on U.S. alliances in Asia
- New approach to the growing Sino-U.S. rift
- Unusual treatment of international relations, stressing competition over historical memories
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2010
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521190565
- length: 246 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 160 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- contains: 3 b/w illus. 1 table
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Gilbert Rozman
Part I. Historical Memories and Bilateral Ties with Allies:
2. Japan's historical memory toward the United States Kazuhiko Togo
3. Values and history in US-South Korean relations Gi-wook Shin
4. US leadership, history, and relations with allies Gilbert Rozman
Part II. Historical Memories, Japanese-South Korean Relations, and US Values:
5. Japan-South Korea relations and the role of the United States on history Kazuhiko Togo
6. Getting away or getting in?: US strategic options in the historical controversy between its allies Cheol Hee Park
7. US strategic thinking on the Japanese-South Korean historical dispute Gilbert Rozman
Part III. Historical Memories, Sino-South Korean Relations, and US Values:
8. Sino-South Korean differences over Koguryo and the US role Jin Linbo
9. New grounds for contestation: South Korea's Koguryo-era historical dramas and Sino-Korean relations Scott Snyder
10. US strategic thinking on Sino-South Korean differences over history Gilbert Rozman.
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Editor
Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University, New Jersey
Gilbert Rozman received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1971, where he has taught since that time. His books and articles concern four countries in Northeast Asia: China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea.
Contributors
Gilbert Rozman, Kazuhiko Togo, Gi-wook Shin, Cheol Hee Park, Jin Linbo, Scott Snyder