Japan and Britain at War and Peace Book

Introduction Kosuge Nobuko and Hugo Dobson Part I: At War 1 Ebb and flow: the British at war with the Japanese C.G.H. Dunlop 2. British strategy in World War 2 and reconciliation with its former enemies Philip Towle 3. Why did the Japanese Army abuse Allied prisoners of war?: the primary historical and structural causes Kurosawa Fumitaka 4. Neither pro-British nor pro-Japanese: how the Burmese political elite reacted under British and Japanese rule Nemoto Kei Part II: In Peace 5. British-Japanese dilemmas in Southeast Asia after 1945 Ian Nish 6. The Tokyo Trial and British-Japanese reconciliation: the question of tu quoque, political oblivion and British prisoners of war Kosuge Nobuko 7. Peacemaking and after: Anglo-Japanese relations and Japan’s re-entry into international society Kibata Yoichi 8. Postwar Japanese intellectuals’ perspective on reconciliation between British and Japanese soldiers over the War in Burma: the case of Michio Takeyama and Harp of Burma Baba Kimihiko 9. Anglo-Japanese economic and military relations, 1945-60 John Weste 10. Reconciliation: the broader context Caroline Rose 11. Reporting the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of the end of World War 2: less fear and loathing in the UK press towards Japan? Hugo Dobson 12. Japan-UK relations in the global context Reinhard Drifte Conclusion Kosuge Nobuko and Hugo Dobson