Author: critchey
Politicization and Forgetting in Nanking
World War II included many terrible atrocities, such as the Holocaust and the atomic bombs dropped in Japan. However, these events have been highlighted throughout history so that we can learn from them and make sure that they do not … Continue reading →
Legitimizing Colonies– Again
World War I was known as the the war against empire. However, this was far from the truth—many colonies were shuffled around, and the French and British relied heavily on their colonies in the second world war. They not only … Continue reading →
Zionism: Ideology or Shared Experience?
The Jewish people throughout Europe had been wanting a state in Palestine for years, and World War II was the propeller to make it happen. After the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust, the Zionist movement became a lot stronger … Continue reading →
Reactionary British Identity
Labor and migration played a large role in helping reform national identities across Europe after World War II. During the war, nations rallied around the war effort, rendering national identities strong and unified. However, many countries found that their identities … Continue reading →
Postwar Prevention
Reconstructing Europe after World War Two had many different aspects. Aside from the obvious need to physically rebuild Europe, the economies – and thus, ideologies– also needed to be rebuilt. One of the key themes that emerged after WW2 was … Continue reading →
Domestic Human Rights Postwar
World War II made human rights an issue that the West believed it was their duty to get behind. The terrible human rights violations by Hitler and the German Nazi regime were so horrific that even the US and … Continue reading →
Rehabilitation of Japan
Rehabilitation after a war can be viewed in many different ways. The traditional idea is of physical bodies being restored after damage from a war. However, after the widespread destruction of World War II, many other aspects of society had … Continue reading →
Expectations v. Reality
World War II was a devastating conflict that destroyed countries like never before and contained a traumatic and disturbing amount of violence and hate. Soldiers on all sides of the conflict were thrilled when the fighting finally ended, but the … Continue reading →
The Politics of Displaced Persons
After World War II, refugees and displaced persons (DPs) became a bigger problem than they had ever been before. The large number of Hitler’s and Stalin’s victims became stateless people, and the United States, along with other Western countries, took … Continue reading →
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