Resolving Asia’s History Wars Once and for All

I have a confession to make: I’m sick and tired of Asia’s history wars.

Maybe that’s because I have the privilege of being gainfully employed at The Diplomat, which has long been on top of the region’s history wars (and rightfully so, given their importance to regional affairs). Or maybe that’s because I’m from a country that doesn’t have much of a history and cares even less about the one it does have. Want proof? Historians have termed the century in which America conquered a continent and became the first regional hegemon in modern history its era of “isolationism.” Similarly, America has previously gone to war with nearly all of its most important allies (England, Canada, Mexico, Germany and Japan, as well as France unofficially).