Remembering and forgetting the war: Elite mythmaking, mass reaction, and sino-japanese relations, 1950-2006

History and Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-74

  He, Yinan ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51249145720     PISSN: 0935560X     EISSN: 15271994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ham.2007.0017     Document Type: Review

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