writings selected japanese embracing

books:

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

63 reviews
John W. Dower

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

How Do You Transform A War Torn Nation?
EMBRACING DEFEAT is the historical saga of the United States occupation of war torn and defeated Japan following World War II. Japan had sent nearly 3 million men to battle the Allies throughout the Pacific but with the American usage of the atomic bomb, the Japanese quickly moved to surrender. Never before had this happen. In nearly 2,000 years the Japanese had never lost a war. Now not only ...

Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies

1 review
John W. Dower, Timothy S. George

Markus Wiener Publishers, 1997

various reviews for the book
"The selection and accuracy of the citations are excellent . . . includes many unusual, elusive, but valuable sources, and is the book's strongest feature." -Choice "A useful reading and research list, reasonable price." -Reference Book Annual "An imaginative and comprehensive guide to Japanese history and culture, as valuable to the expert as to the beginner; a bibliography that can be ...

Embracing Defeat

1 review
John W. Dower

Blackstone Audiobooks, 2000

Hirohito was a war criminal.
The audio version is an excellent way to go. But I wrote a review under the book section .

Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings of E. H. Norman

2 reviews
John W. Dower

Pantheon, 1975

Origins of the Modern Japanese State
Before his premature death in 1957, the Canadian scholar-diplomat E. Herbert Norman had established himself as the pre-eminent Western interpreter of early modern and modern Japan. This present edition includes the classic Japan's Emergence as a Modern State. It also introduces materials by Norman never before made widely available in the West, including an essay on the role of the historian and ...

Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation

5 reviews
Leo Rubinfien, Sandra S. Phillips, ...

Yale University Press, 2004

What would I choose...
I saw the book laying in the library, between all the other photography books. 80% of the all the bookcovers doesn't look inviting enough to open it. This was one 20% that I took. Now all the books that looks inviting on the outside can really disapoint you when you open the it. I think that from the 30% that is left, 27% of the books are very disapointing on the inside This book is the uposite, ...

War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

34 reviews
John W. Dower

Pantheon, 1987

A Look At Selves and Others
This is a thought-provoking treatise about the hate and racism found in all peoples of the world. It causes one to take stock of what is, and what was in a very violent and trying time. Both the Japanese and the Americans, among others, propagandized their populations to get them to hate "the enemy." This book looks at the techniques and substance used by both sides in the Pacific War of 1931 ...

Embracing Defeat
John W. Dower

W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000

Japan in War and Peace: Essays on History, Culture and Race

3 reviews
John W. Dower

HarperCollins, 1995

A collection of papers on Japan before and after WWII
John Dower is the outstanding figure in the field of cold war, especially in Japan. His Pulitzer awarded book, 'Embracing Defeat', could be regarded as the cream of his career. If you read it already, you don't need to pick up this, I think. This book is no more than a collection of essays. So you chould not expect any integrity among papers. You'd better select essay to your needs. Sure, the ...