5. The Nanjing Massacre and the Second Sino-Japanese War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acronyms vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Coming to Terms with Dark Pasts? 1
6. 1. Changing the State’s Story 14
7. 2. The Armenian Genocide and Its Aftermath 32
8. 3. From Silencing to Mythmaking (1950–early 1990s) 44
9. 4. Playing Hardball (1994–2008) 67
10. 5. The Nanjing Massacre and the Second Sino-Japanese War 95
11. 6. “History Issues” in the Postwar Period (1952–1989) 107
12. 7. Unfreezing the Question of History (1998–2008) 129
13. Conclusion: The Politics of Dark Pasts 162
14. Appendix 1. Research Conducted 173
15. Appendix 2. Turkish High School History Textbooks Analyzed 177
16. Notes 179
17. References 209
18. Index 253