Punishing German Soldiers during the Cold War: The Case of Erich von Manstein

Bloxham examines the events and rhetoric surrounding the trial and premature release from custody of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein. Von Manstein was convicted of involvement in atrocities on the Eastern Front, yet his story aroused the sympathy of many in Britain, including influential politicians, who believed the Wehrmacht to be innocent of the crimes of Nazism. His trial also fell squarely into a period, the onset of the Cold War, when Britain was attempting to restore relations with West Germany. Pressure both from the nascent West German elite and from within the Conservative government (re-elected in 1951) and its foreign diplomatic corps ensured that a series of dubious legal devices would be used to accelerate the liberation of von Manstein at a time of negotiations about a German contribution to a Western European army. Similar contrivances abetted the early release of another field marshal, Kesselring, and a senior general, Falkenhorst. The releases, and the obfuscations of the soldiers' war-time records that were an essential part of justifying the releases, constitute a substantial British contribution both to the undermining of the process of war crimes trials and to the rewriting of the Second World War.     

解放战争后期毛泽东工作队的经验及其启示

解放战争后期,尤其是辽沈、淮海、平津三大战役胜利结束以后,毛泽东审时度势,及时地提出了军队不仅是战斗队而且是工作队,要求军队干部应当学会接收、管理城市和新区工作,对促进当时新解放区干部问题的解决和革命事业的顺利发展起到了巨大的促进作用。在新世纪新阶段,我军要借鉴毛泽东的工作队经验。努力做到突出核心军事能力建设,注重非战争军事行动能力建设,注重培养“学习型”高素质复合型军事人才,为维护国家安全、社会稳定和经济发展作贡献。     

红色文化视域下加强党员理想信念的研究——以桂林为例

党员干部的共产主义理想和中国特色社会主义信念是否坚定,对中国特色社会主义事业的兴衰成败有极大的影响。桂林红色文化是构筑桂林精神家园的重要载体,是引导党员坚定理想信念的宝贵资源。挖掘桂林独特的红色文化资源对加强党员干部的理想信念教育、引导党员牢固树立正确的理想信念有重要意义。     

大冈升平的东南亚叙事与战争认知——文学文本的政治指涉阐析

日本战后派作家大冈升平及其创作深受中日文坛关注.一种通行的观点是:他深刻揭露和批判了日本法西斯军国主义发动的那场侵略战争,表现出鲜明的反对法西斯侵略战争的思想倾向.笔者结合社会政治语境,对其作品做了深入的文本分析,意图通过对个案的考察,揭示出日本社会一般的错误战争认知理念所赖以产生的深层社会历史原因,批驳那种视大冈为反战作家的一厢情愿的、误导性的解读,消除由此造成的遮蔽,还原真相.     

Awkward Talisman: War Memory,Reconciliation and Yasukuni

Yasukuni Shrine resonates with talismanic symbolism for both its critics and proponents and that is precisely why it is so controversial within Japan and between Japan and its neighbors. Controversy over Yasukuni is rooted in the broader historical debate about war memory, responsibility, and reconciliation. Competing narratives about this past send mixed signals to neighbors and prevent reconciliation. Despite Prime Minister Koizumi’s six visits, Yasukuni is an awkward talisman and many Japanese, including conservatives, oppose these visits. The Shrine’s image has been cast and no amount of artful repackaging will obscure its indelible links with Japan’s discredited Imperial ideology and the costs it exacted. The Yasukuni dilemma involves shifting the focal point of official war remembrance away from the Shrine to a secular war memorial where people and officials can pay respect to the war dead free from political agendas and historical baggage.

20余年来大陆学者关于华侨华人与抗日战争研究述评

20余年来,大陆史学界对华侨与抗日战争关系的研究硕果累累.这些研究主要集中在华侨投身抗日救亡运动的原因和特点,华侨对祖国抗战的主要贡献,抗战期间有关各方的侨务政策,战时华侨领袖和著名人物以及华侨与太平洋战争等方面.     

论二战前后法泰两国的领土争端与谈判

法国在19世纪末到20世纪初攫取了大量泰国领土。第二次世界大战期间,泰国乘法国在欧洲败亡之际,在日本的帮助下收复了部分割让给法属印度支那的失地。法国临时政府在二战结束后要求归还这些领土。双方为此举行谈判。由于法国实力衰落以及美国对法、泰两国的重要影响,美国在法泰谈判中发挥了重要作用。     

艾森豪威尔政府的对华禁运政策

艾森豪威尔政府时期,美国对华政策为全面遏制思想所主导,因此,在欧洲盟国废除“巴统”管制体系中的“中国差别”的情况下,美国依然单独坚持对华禁运政策。     

历史因素对日印关系的现实影响

明治维新以来日本因其奉行的扩张政策给亚洲各国人民带来了深重的灾难,历史问题一直是困扰日本外交的难题。而唯独印日关系因两国特殊的历史渊源而几乎不受历史问题影响,一直平稳发展。尤其近年来两国随着经济的发展都处心积虑想获得与其经济实力相符合的国际地位,共同的目标使得两国迅速接近。从地缘政治的角度看,我们必须对日印两国的历史渊源及其现实影响给予高度的关注。     

The war in Georgia and the Western response

This article considers Western, and most particularly American, policy towards Tbilisi in the Russo-Georgian war of August 2008. The article does not accept the view of Russian leaders that the United States actively promoted the Georgian attack on South Ossetia. It does, however, argue that Washington's alliance with Georgia was sufficiently close to make President Saakashvili believe he would receive American support in the event of war with Russia. The war, however, was not in America's interest since it threatened its position in the South Caucasus and provided Russia with an opportunity to re-emphasize its growing power in the world.