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Year Zero: A History of 1945

Year Zero: A History of 1945 BOOK REVIEWS | 275 By Ian BURUMA New York: The Penguin Press, 2013. 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1594204364 (Hardcover) Reviewed by Chad B. DENTON Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of ) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12773/arwh.2014.2.2.275 Memories of the Second World War still crucially shape our world today, influencing everything from relations between states to contemporary understandings of human nature. Yet, as readers of this journal well know, the historiography and memory of the Second World War is still—70 years on—sharply divided along national lines. Despite a world-wide obsession with the war (the international library catalog WorldCat lists 282, 650 titles in over 100 languages under the subject heading, “World War, 1939-1945”), relatively few studies treat this war as a global conflict. In Year Zero: A History of 1945, Ian Buruma takes on this challenge and succeeds admirably. This is not unfamiliar ground for Buruma. In many ways, this book could be seen as a prequel to The Wages of Guilt (New York: Meridian, 1995), his study of postwar memory in Germany and Japan. Though Buruma begins and ends Year Zero in Europe, he avoids the trap of viewing events primarily through a European lens. His ability to speak six languages significantly aids http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Review of World Histories Brill

Year Zero: A History of 1945

Buruma, Ian
Asian Review of World Histories , Volume 2 (2): 3 – Jun 29, 2014
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BOOK REVIEWS | 275 By Ian BURUMA New York: The Penguin Press, 2013. 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1594204364 (Hardcover) Reviewed by Chad B. DENTON Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of ) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12773/arwh.2014.2.2.275 Memories of the Second World War still crucially shape our world today, influencing everything from relations between states to contemporary understandings of human nature. Yet, as readers of this journal well know, the historiography and memory of the Second World War is still—70 years on—sharply divided along national lines. Despite a world-wide obsession with the war (the international library catalog WorldCat lists 282, 650 titles in over 100 languages under the subject heading, “World War, 1939-1945”), relatively few studies treat this war as a global conflict. In Year Zero: A History of 1945, Ian Buruma takes on this challenge and succeeds admirably. This is not unfamiliar ground for Buruma. In many ways, this book could be seen as a prequel to The Wages of Guilt (New York: Meridian, 1995), his study of postwar memory in Germany and Japan. Though Buruma begins and ends Year Zero in Europe, he avoids the trap of viewing events primarily through a European lens. His ability to speak six languages significantly aids

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