This edited book offers a detailed, discerning analysis of the national identities of China, Japan and South Korea with a potential bearing on East Asian international relations today. The book intends not only to grasp in-depth knowledge of the three countries’ national identity construction but also to compare the similarities and differences between them in the way of “understanding what makes East Asia distinctive” (p. 2). The book is divided into two parts containing ten chapters: Part I (Chapters 1–4) is written by Gilbert Rozman, while Asian scholars (Chapters 5–10) contribute to Part II, with the exception of Chapter 7 by Rozman and Andrew Kim. Both parts start with a concise introduction by Rozman that sets out the main framework and arguments.