{"product_id":"chinas-good-war-how-world-war-ii-is-shaping-a-new-nationalism-paperback","title":"China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRana Mitter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Insightful...a deft, textured work of intellectual history.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A timely insight into how memories and ideas about the second world war play a hugely important role in conceptualizations about the past and the present in contemporary China.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Peter Frankopan, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor most of its history, China frowned on public discussion of the war against Japan. But as the country has grown more powerful, a wide-ranging reassessment of the war years has been central to new confidence abroad and mounting nationalism at home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncouraged by reforms under Deng Xiaoping, Chinese scholars began to examine the long-taboo Guomindang war effort, and to investigate collaboration with the Japanese and China's role in the post-war global order. Today museums, television shows, magazines, and social media present the war as a founding myth for an ascendant China that emerges as victor rather than victim. One narrative positions Beijing as creator and protector of the international order--a virtuous system that many in China now believe to be under threat from the United States. China's radical reassessment of its own past is a new founding myth for a nation that sees itself as destined to shape the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A detailed and fascinating account of how the Chinese leadership's strategy has evolved across eras...At its most interesting when probing Beijing's motives for undertaking such an ambitious retooling of its past.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The range of evidence that Mitter marshals is impressive. The argument he makes about war, memory, and the international order is...original.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.25 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766199288096,"sku":"9780674278615","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a013a05df09133f7139ef81d72ba8226.webp?v=1780287380","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chinas-good-war-how-world-war-ii-is-shaping-a-new-nationalism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}