State Violence in East Asia

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China
Cover of the book State Violence in East Asia by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kate Merkel-Hess, Sorpong Peou, Douglas Kammen, Tyrell Haberkorn, Rommel A. Curaming, Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Hayashi Hirofumi, Vince Boudreau, Namhe Lee, The University Press of Kentucky
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Author: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kate Merkel-Hess, Sorpong Peou, Douglas Kammen, Tyrell Haberkorn, Rommel A. Curaming, Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Hayashi Hirofumi, Vince Boudreau, Namhe Lee ISBN: 9780813140612
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Publication: January 24, 2013
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Language: English
Author: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kate Merkel-Hess, Sorpong Peou, Douglas Kammen, Tyrell Haberkorn, Rommel A. Curaming, Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Hayashi Hirofumi, Vince Boudreau, Namhe Lee
ISBN: 9780813140612
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Publication: January 24, 2013
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Language: English

The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government's violence against its own people.

Throughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia committed many relatively undocumented atrocities, with victims numbering in the millions. The contributors to this insightful volume analyze many of the most notorious cases, including the Japanese army's Okinawan killings in 1945, Indonesia's anticommunist purge in 1965--1968, Thailand's Red Drum incinerations in 1972--1975, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge massacre in 1975--1978, Korea's Kwangju crackdown in 1980, the Philippines' Mendiola incident in 1987, Myanmar's suppression of the democratic movement in 1988, and China's Tiananmen incident. With in-depth investigation of events that have long been misunderstood or kept hidden from public scrutiny, State Violence in East Asia provides critical insights into the political and cultural dynamics of state-sanctioned violence and discusses ways to prevent it in the future.

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The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government's violence against its own people.

Throughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia committed many relatively undocumented atrocities, with victims numbering in the millions. The contributors to this insightful volume analyze many of the most notorious cases, including the Japanese army's Okinawan killings in 1945, Indonesia's anticommunist purge in 1965--1968, Thailand's Red Drum incinerations in 1972--1975, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge massacre in 1975--1978, Korea's Kwangju crackdown in 1980, the Philippines' Mendiola incident in 1987, Myanmar's suppression of the democratic movement in 1988, and China's Tiananmen incident. With in-depth investigation of events that have long been misunderstood or kept hidden from public scrutiny, State Violence in East Asia provides critical insights into the political and cultural dynamics of state-sanctioned violence and discusses ways to prevent it in the future.

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