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「沒有故事，就難以理解歷史。這並不是說真相不存在，也不是說所有的故事都是宣傳手段；然而，要捕捉真相就一定會有衝突、辯論、詮釋、再詮釋——簡言之，是永無止盡的論述。」心懷愧疚的民族，會怎麼解釋自己國家的過去？背負著罪惡感的重擔，究竟要付出多少代價？在日本，要是說他們民族性像德國人，日本人可能會點頭稱是。但你知道，德國人完全不想跟日本人相提並論？我們都聽過當德國人與猶太人的車子擦撞，不論責任歸屬，德國

In this highly provocative text, now considered by many a classic, Ian Buruma examines and compares how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their violent pasts, investigating the pa

Why have some former enemy countries established durable peace while others remain mired in animosity? When and how does historical memory matter in post-conflict interstate relations? Focusing on two case studies, Yinan He argues that the key to interstate reconciliation is the harmonization of national memories. Conversely, memory divergence resulting from national mythmaking harms long-term prospects for reconciliation. After WWII, Sino-Japanese and West German-Polish relations were both antagonized by the Cold War structure, and pernicious myths prevailed in national collective memory. In the 1970s, China and Japan brushed aside historical legacy for immediate diplomatic normalization. But the progress of reconciliation was soon impeded from the 1980s by elite mythmaking practices that stressed historical animosities. Conversely, from the 1970s West Germany and Poland began to de-mythify war history and narrowed their memory gap through restitution measures and textbook cooperation