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War memory and nation-building in South East Asia
Citation
Blackburn, K. (2010). War memory and nation-building in South East Asia. South East Asia Research, 18(1), 5-31. https://doi.org/10.5367/000000010790959857
Abstract
This article analyses why some countries in South East Asia have set aside a national day to remember the Japanese Occupation in the cause of nation-building and why other countries have tended to choose not to remember the Japanese Occupation because for them it does not further nation-building. Singapore, the Philippines and Burma have all remembered their experience of struggle and sacrifice during the Second World War to further national unity. However, most South East Asian countries have chosen at a national level not to commemorate this undoubtedly major watershed in the region’s history.
Date Issued
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
South East Asia Research