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the search for reconciliation sino japanese and german polish relations since world war ii
why have some former enemy countries established durable peace while others remain mired in animosity when and how does historical memory matter in post conflict interstate relations focusing on two case studies yinan he argues that the key to interstate reconciliation is the harmonization of national memories . conversely memory divergence resulting from national mythmaking harms long term prospects for reconciliation . after wwii sino japanese and west german polish relations were both antagonized by the cold war structure and pernicious myths prevailed in national collective memory . in the 1970s china and japan brushed aside historical legacy for immediate diplomatic normalization . but the progress of reconciliation was soon impeded from the 1980s by elite mythmaking practices that stressed historical animosities . in contrast from the 1970s west germany and poland began to de mythify war history and narrowed their memory gap through restitution measures and textbook cooperation paving the way for significant progress toward reconciliation after the cold war .
hardcover cambridge university press 2009 isbn13 9780521514408 isbn10 0521514401
abridged n isbn 13 9780521514408 number in series 1 number of pages 357 publisher cambridge univ pr release date 62135769600000