Yasukuni:
The War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past
Edited by
John Breen
New. The Yasukini Shrine to Japan's war dead is guaranteed to stir up violent emotions whenever it slips into the news. This book attempts for the first time in English to take a dispassionate academic look at the shrine and its meaning. The collection of articles includes -
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1 - Stalemate: The Yasukuni Shrine Problem in Sino-Japanese Relations- Caroline Rose,
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2 - A Religious Perspective on the Yasukuni Shrine Controversy - Kevin Doak,
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3 - China, Japan and the Spell of Yasukuni - Wang Zhixin,
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4 - Plumbing the Depths: The Yasukuni Controversy in China - Seki Hei,
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5 - Legacies of Empire: The Yasukuni Shrine Controversy - Takahasi Tetsuya,
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6 - And Why Shouldn't the Prime Minister Worship at Yasukuni? A Personal View - Nitta Hitoshi,
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7 - Yasukuni and the Loss of Historical Memory - John Breen &
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8 - Pledge Fulfilled: Prime Minister Koizumi, Yasukuni and the Japanese Media - Phillip Seaton.
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The 202 pages include an index and a bibliography.
Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia
Published by: Horizon Books,Singapore, 2007. . ISBN: 9789810595265
Condition: Very Good Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Apart from some dirt on the text block, the book looks new.
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