Question: Discuss the role that nationalism and/or the nation state plays in the representation of East Asias modern history of warfare. More specifically, in what ways does nationalism shape or distort understandings of history? What other forms of memory
challenge this? In crafting your answers, be sure to draw concretely from material from this course.
**For this please use Japan in the Wake of Defeat, the Politics of Nationalism and Victimhood**
I will attache one source to be used and then the others any be any scholarly article ***
For this final essay, students are expected to write a synthetic and reflective essay which addresses course themes. Choose one question from the choices below. Each answer should draw from multiple elements of the course material, but you are not expected to cover everything in the short essay. Answers will primarily be graded on your integration and analysis of course content, so please do not get bogged down in style. At the same time, clear and structured answers are expected, including an introduction and conclusion.
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