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Since the 1970s, when the dominance of military histories of the World Wars ended, and social historical histories of conflict rose to prominence, women have come to play an increasingly important role in mainstream stories about the Second World War. Although this is undeniably a valuable development, the perspectives on women that arose have in many respects remained limiting - although in new ways. Women have been portrayed as carers, as victims (notably of sexual violence), but rarely as agents of their own fate. This volume focuses on this last group. In spite of the undeniable suffering and victimization that befell so many women during the war, for others the war also opened opportunities and awakened ambitions. The articles in this volume, which cover both Europe and Asia, bring together some of the women who took initiatives, of which they sometimes suffered the dire consequences, sometimes enjoyed the fruits.

Wereldoorlog 2 --- vrouwen --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- World history --- anno 1940-1949 --- sex role --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Women in war --- Women

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Gender --- International --- Agricultural sector --- Rural areas --- Technology --- Food --- Domestic education --- Book

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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Community organization --- National movements --- Human medicine --- Photography --- Thematology --- World history --- History --- sex role --- Authoritarianism --- Photography --- Gender --- Doctors --- Writers --- Protest movement --- Women's organizations --- Book --- Collaboration --- Esso, van, Martha --- Brandenburg van Oltsende, Marie Therese --- Oversteegen, Freddie --- Menger-Oversteegen, Truus --- Fumiko, Hayashi --- von Benda, Helene --- von Benda, Louise --- anno 1940-1949 --- Germany --- Italy --- Spain --- Netherlands --- Belgium --- Southeast Asia --- Japan

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This book explores how narratives, exhibitions, media representations, and cultural heritage sites that communicate memories of conflicts in East Asia between 1930 and 1945 spread, interact, and are re-packaged for post-war audiences across national divisions. The contributors examine individual case studies of grassroots engagement with war memory, and collectively demonstrate the necessity of remaining aware of the researcher as participating in another kind of engagement with war memory. Contributions showcase a number of ways of doing research on war memory, alongside case studies from diverse regions of the world. Taken together, they bring a fresh perspective to scholarship on war memory, which has tended to focus on space, text, exhibition, or personal narrative, rather than bringing these elements into dialogue with one another. Eveline Buchheim is Senior Researcher at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Jennifer Coates is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. .

Cognitive psychology --- World history --- History --- History of Asia --- wereldgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- Tweede Wereldoorlog --- geheugen (mensen) --- holocaust --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 1940-1949 --- China --- Japan --- Asia

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Indonesia declared its independence on 17 August 1945, two days after the Japanese capitulation that marked the end of World War II in Asia. Refusing to recognize Indonesian independence, the Netherlands attempted to gain control over the decolonization process by force, leading to four years of arduous negotiations and bitter warfare. In 2005, the Dutch government declared that the Netherlands had been ‘on the wrong side of history’ and should not have engaged in this war. However, to this day, the government maintains its position from 1969 about violence at the hands of Dutch soldiers during this war: Yes, there had been ‘excesses’, but as a rule, the armed forces had behaved ‘correctly’. In recent years, this official position has increasingly, and more loudly, been called into question. In Beyond the Pale, conclusions of ten separate studies are presented from different perspectives, addressing the extent to which the Dutch armed forces used extreme violence on a structural basis and offering an assessment of their actions. The authors also examine how the Dutch government and society dealt with this extreme violence both during and after the war. Was it discussed, was it punished or covered up, and what developments does this reflect?

HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other). --- Indonesia, decolonisation, independence, violence, war.