Thomas U. Berger (Boston University Professor)

War, Guilt, and World Politics after World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes how the states in post-1945 Austria, Germany and Japan have tried to deal with the legacy of the Second World War and how their policies have affected their relations with other countries in the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781107021600
• ISBN-10: 110702160X
• Artikelnr.: 35115389

Autorenporträt

Thomas U. Berger is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Boston University. He is the author of Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan and of Redefining Japan and the US-Japan Alliance and co-editor of Japan in International Politics: Beyond the Reactive State. He has published extensively on issues relating to East Asian and European international relations, including essays that have appeared in International Security, the Review of International Studies, German Politics and Asian Security. His primary research areas include international security, international migration and the politics of memory and historical representation. Prior to joining the faculty at Boston University in 2001, he was an Associate Professor at The Johns Hopkins University. He has held a number of postdoctoral and research fellowships, including the Harvard Academy Junior Researcher Fellowship, the Olin Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Security Studies, as well as Fulbright, Japan Foundation, MacArthur and DAAD doctoral research fellowships. He received his PhD in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his BA from Columbia College.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Politics and memory in an age of apology
2. Germany: the model penitent
3. Austria: the prodigal penitent
4. Japan: the model impenitent?
5. Asia: the geopolitics of remembering and forgetting: towards an expanded model
6. Conclusions: the varieties of penitence.

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1. Politics and memory in an age of apology; 2. Germany: the model penitent; 3. Austria: the prodigal penitent; 4. Japan: the model impenitent?; 5. Asia: the geopolitics of remembering and forgetting: towards an expanded model; 6. Conclusions: the varieties of penitence.

Rezensionen

'Berger's study focuses on one particular aspect of war guilt, namely the construction of an official narrative by the state in Germany, Austria and Japan to deal with economic, political, security and moral issues that arose as a consequence of their role in WWII. Berger proposes a methodological approach that makes use of historical determinism, instrumentalism and culturalist explanations in an eclectic manner ... Berger's comparative approach forms a valuable contribution that may also trigger further new research on the issues of war, guilt and penitence by other countries and in other parts of the world.' Kurt W. Radtke, The Sungkyun Review