Introduction : conceiving state violence, justice, and transition in East Asia / Sung Chull Kim and N. Ganesan
Interpreting state violence in Asian settings / Vince Boudreau
From the streets to the National Assembly : democratic transition and demands for truth about Kwangju in South Korea / Namhee Lee
Unsettled state violence in Japan : the Okinawa incident / Hayashi Hirofumi
Popular views of state violence in China : the Tinanmen incident / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess
Mass atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge reign of terror / Sorpong Peou
Counterrevolutionary violence in Indonesia / Douglas Kammen
Getting away with murder in Thailand : state violence and impunity in Phatthalung / Tyrell Haberkorn
The end of an illusion : the Mendiola massacre and political transition in post-Marcos Philippines / Rommel A. Curaming
The four-eights democratic movement and political repression in Myanmar / Kyaw Yin Hlaing
Conclusion : comparing state violence and reconciliation across East Asia / N. Ganesan and Sung Chull Kim.