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Download full textMasalski, Kathleen Woods – 2002
Currently, there is a controversy in Japan about textbook treatments of Japanese military actions during World War II. This digest examines: (1) the importance of history textbooks in schools in Japan and the United States; (2) the context of history textbook controversies in Japan; (3) the current issues and contending positions in the Japanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historical Interpretation, History Textbooks, Middle Schools
