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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Aftermath of World War II - John W. Dower
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Aftermath of World War II
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780140285512 (0140285512)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 676
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, History, Cultural, War, Asian Literature, Asia, World War II, Japan, Japanese Literature, World History
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Winner of the National Book Award. John W. Dower is a named history professor @MIT, Japanologist, Japanophile. Won a slew of slightly less prestigious awards; wrote a Yoshida Shigeru biography. (Yoshida was from an old samurai family; had American contacts before the wa...
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I posted some comments under updates (http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/124351350), and so will not add a special review here. Suffice it to say, this is a book of real depth and intelligence, and is fully deserving of the many awards and prizes it won. Anyone who's interested in Japan (that's ...
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