The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan

The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan

In this now classic book, internationally famed journalist Ian Buruma examines how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their conduct during World War IIâ€”a war that they aggressively began and humiliatingly lost, and in the course of which they committed monstrous war crimes. As he travels through both countries, to Berlin and Tokyo, Hiroshima and Auschwitz, he encounters people who are remarkably honest in confronting the past and others who astonish by their evasions of responsibility, some who wish to forget the past and others who wish to use it as a warning against the resurgence of militarism.

Buruma explores these contrasting responses to the war and the two countriesâ€™ very different ways of memorializing its atrocities, as well as the ways in which political movements, government policies, literature, and art have been shaped by its shadow. Today, seventy years after the end of the war, he finds that while the Germans have for the most part coped with the darkest period of their history, the Japanese remain haunted by historical controversies that should have been resolved long ago. Sensitive yet unsparing, complex and unsettling, this is a profound study of how people face up to or deny terrible legacies of guilt and shame.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer New York Review Books
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590178584

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	New York Review Books
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2015-09-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590178584

The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan

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