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The unpredictability of the past.(The Unpredictability of the Past: Memories of the Asia-Pacific War in U.S.-East Asian Relations)(Book review)
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Pacific Affairs
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March 22, 2008
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- Kim, Mikyoung
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THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE PAST: Memories of the Asia-Pacific War in U.S.-East Asian Relations. Edited by Marc Gallicchio. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2007. 337 pp. (Tables, photos.) US$84.96, cloth, ISBN 978-0-8223-3933-5; US$23.95, paper, ISBN 978-0-8223-3945-8.
Marc Gallicchio's edited volume is a welcome addition to the field of Asian memory studies. As the Western memory boom expands into Asia, the number of works addressing the "history problem" in the region is on the rise (e.g., Fujitani, White and Yoneyama, 2001; Gong, 2001; Cole, 2007; Jager and Mitter, 2007). While everyone agrees on the importance of historical memory in regional dynamics, Asian ...
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Interpretation;
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Washington, Harold C;
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