{"product_id":"troubled-apologies-among-japan-korea-and-the-united-states","title":"Troubled Apologies Among Japan  Korea  and the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether its the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawaiian islanders  apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear  interrogating this process is crucial to understanding the value of the political apology to the state. When governments apologize for past crimes  they take away the substance of apology that victims originally wanted for themselves. They rob victims of the dignity they seek while affording the state a new means with which to legitimize itself.  Examining the interplay between political apology and apologetic history  Dudden focuses on the problematic relationship binding Japanese imperialism  South Korean state building  and American power in Asia. She examines this history through diplomatic  cultural  and social considerations in the postwar era and argues that the process of apology has created a knot from which none of these countries can escape without undoing decades of mythmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985825919029,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231141777","price":22.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231141772.jpg?v=1770872928","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/troubled-apologies-among-japan-korea-and-the-united-states","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}