1st Edition
War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia
By John Lee Candelaria
Copyright 2025
164 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia explores how three Southeast Asian countries— the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore—have utilized war memorialization in their nation-building efforts.
Set against the backdrop of colonialism, world wars, independence struggles, and the Cold War, the book interrogates how these nations’ war experiences have shaped... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1: War memory, heritage, and nation-building in Southeast Asia; Chapter 2: War in the Filipino national imagery; Chapter 3: The military and the monarchy in Thailand’s war monuments; Chapter 4: Singapore’s war memorials and the “Singapore Story”; Chapter 5: Remembering and forgetting wars in Southeast Asia; Conclusion; Index
Biography
John Lee Candelaria is Assistant Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan.
