Dancing on bones : history and power in China, Russia and North Korea / Katie Stallard.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: Ã2022Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197575383 (ebook) :Subject(s): Memory -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) | Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
| Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- 21st century | Memory -- Political aspects -- China | China -- Politics and government -- 2002- | China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century | Memory -- Political aspects -- Korea (North) | Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 2011- | Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- 21st century | World War, 1939-1945 -- HistoriographyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197575352DDC classification: 947.086 LOC classification: DK510.763Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea use a distorted version of the history of WWII and the Korean War to shore up popular support at home and justify aggressive foreign policy and expansive military ambitions. Those who dare to challenge the official line are persecuted, silenced, and locked up, while schoolchildren are required to memorize the authorized account. Deeply-reported and drawing on first-hand experience on the ground in all three countries, 'Dancing on Bones' argues that if we want to understand where these three nuclear powers are heading, we must understand the stories they are telling their citizens about the past.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea use a distorted version of the history of WWII and the Korean War to shore up popular support at home and justify aggressive foreign policy and expansive military ambitions. Those who dare to challenge the official line are persecuted, silenced, and locked up, while schoolchildren are required to memorize the authorized account. Deeply-reported and drawing on first-hand experience on the ground in all three countries, 'Dancing on Bones' argues that if we want to understand where these three nuclear powers are heading, we must understand the stories they are telling their citizens about the past.
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