Table of Contents

Preliminary pages; PART I: OVERVIEW; 1. Opening Remarks by Wang Gungwu; 2. A Long View on the Great Asian War by Tim Harper; PART II: SOUTHEAST ASIA; 3. Legacies of World War II in Indochina by David P Chandler; 4. Transient and Enduring Legacies of World War II: The Case of Indonesia by Richard Leirissa; 5. The 'Black-out' Syndrome and the Ghosts of World War II: The War as a 'Divisive Issue' in Malaysia by Cheah Boon Kheng; 6. The Legacies of World War II for Myanmar by Robert H Taylor; 7. World War II: Transient and Enduring Legacies for the Philippines by Reynaldo Ileto; 8. Singapore's Missing War by Asad-ul Iqbal Latif; 9. World War II and Thailand after Sixty Years: Legacies and Latent Side Effects by Thitinan Pongsudhirak; PART III: NORTHEAST ASIA AND INDIA; 10. Remembering World War II: Legacies of the War Fought in China by Huang Jianli; 11. How to Assess World War II in World History: One Japanese Perspective by Takashi Inoguchi; 12. Obstacles to European Style Historical Reconciliation between Japan and South Korea - A Practitioner's Perspective by Andrew Horvat; 13. World War II Legacies for India by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray.