{"product_id":"fallacies-in-the-allied-nations-historical-perception-as-observed-by-a-british-journalist","title":"Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1941, Imperial Japan rapidly brought an end to the British Empire in Asia. Because a non-white race dared to upset the white colonialists’ status quo in Asia, the British resented the Japanese long after the war. Mr. Henry Scott-Stokes states that he held such a view as well before arriving in Japan as a foreign correspondent. Mr. Scott-Stokes writes of his transformation, of uncritical acceptance of the western colonialist’s version of the Greater East Asian War, the so-called Pacific War, to realization of its absolute vacuousness. “[The Japanese],” he states, “were supposed to simply accept, without any criticism or opposition whatsoever, the noble wisdom of civilization [the verdicts of the Tokyo Trials].”\u003cbr\u003eMindless parroting of historical fabrications by modern Japanese suggests a loss of national consciousness, of what it means to be Japanese, as Yukio Mishima expressed in his discussions with Mr. Scott-Stokes. Japan lost her independence to America and is merely a protectorate and not a nation with her own culture and history. Japanese people need to take it upon themselves to change this situation. Mr. Stokes’ mother-in-law, however, wryly commented that today’s Japanese are cowards, so it will take another 200 or 300 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54193418568024,"sku":null,"price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761868095_3cb6f8b4-245d-401c-94ef-aad958a9d73c.jpg?v=1769801433","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fallacies-in-the-allied-nations-historical-perception-as-observed-by-a-british-journalist","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}