East Asian Post War Trauma and the Transition to Modernization Story

East Asian Post War Trauma and the Transition to Modernization
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East Asian Transition from Post War Trauma to Modernization
Trauma is a person’s response towards disturbing events that leads them to feel hopeless, overpower their capacity to cope, lowers their self-esteem, and confuses their emotional reaction. Community violence, domestic violence, sexual abuse, dating violence, and war are some distressing experiences that can cause trauma (Siyi, 2020). The 20th Century was a time of political, economic, and social changes in the East Asian countries, especially Japan, Korea, and China. The three countries’ struggle to take their political position was a cause of war and tension in the area. Precisely, the dynamic contraction and imperialist expansions, the socialist resolution to capitalist contraction, and the internal purge wars destroyed the East Asian peace. The Japanese and Korean fight because of Japanese imperialism ignited the war. Moreover, the Chinese dynastic crisis the Japans insisting on the Meiji-era development and expansion increased the tension.
As all the fighting was going on, innocent people, children, women, and soldiers were in the middle of it. The terrible experiences made the people witness some horrific scenes that were disturbing to them. The daily killings and acts of torture and violence were mentally disturbing to them (Baligard, 2019). The war left many people grieving due to the death of people that were dear to them. The bad experience accumulation left most people to be traumatized. Different countries tackled mental issues in different ways. The time a government takes a shift from the traumatic experience determined the development time. The development pressure from other countries like America motivated the country to start setting up new development programs. Through development, the counties began to experience modernization. The diverse cultures in the region were a complication to the process. Convincing the people to stop their culture and follow the modern ways of living was a complication.
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The Japanese invasion of different countries had a massive impact on the peace of East Asian Countries. Its 1910 entry in Korea, 1931 in Manchuria, and 1937 in China before the 1942 Pearl Harbor in the United States and many other colonies in Guan, Philippines, and Britain was slowly triggering the World War. Baligard (2019) says that, the period of the war was such a depressing experience for the Japanese and the citizens from other countries involved. According to Siyi (2020), the severity of the war led to the death of over 75 million people, where 35 million of them were during the Pacific War. All the countries that participated in the conflict have their share of the death toll. Japan itself lost 2 million of its military personnel 1 million civilians. The country also lost 200,000 people during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs that ended the War (Siyi, 2020).
The Japanese appeared to be the main reason for World War II. Their involvement was evident in each step of the war. Apart from the death of m...