But our children come into the world unaware of any such repudiations; what we have put into our shadow sides may lie in the midday sun of our offspring's young lives.
Even before the character studies some psychologists thought the popularity of true crime shows stemmed from their ability to let us explore the dark side of human nature at a safe distance.
Japanese high-school textbooks devote impressively little space to the war, reflecting official attempts to “downplay the dark aspects of Japan's modern history, ” writes Mr Dower.