“The Global Anti-Fascist War”: Memory of the Second World War in Non-Western Countries

... note, however, one crucial point: the development and promotion of a distinctly non-Western view of history does not necessarily conflict with how other nations and peoples remember the same events. A vivid example is the cooperation between Russia and China in preserving historical memory of the Second World War. It is possible that mutual respect and recognition of each country’s particular perspective on shared historical episodes could serve as a model for the peaceful resolution of many historical disputes—at ...