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John W. Dower
John W. Dower is professor emeritus of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His interests lie in modern Japanese history and U.S.-Japan relations. He is the author of several books, including Ways of Forgetting, War Without Mercy, Cultures of War, and Embracing Defeat, which received... show more



John W. Dower is professor emeritus of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His interests lie in modern Japanese history and U.S.-Japan relations. He is the author of several books, including Ways of Forgetting, War Without Mercy, Cultures of War, and Embracing Defeat, which received numerous honors (including the Pulitzer Prize).

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John W. Dower's Books
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II - John W. Dower War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War - John W. Dower Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq - John W. Dower Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World - John W. Dower The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts - Beate Sirota Gordon, John W. Dower Letter from Japan - John Swope, John W. Dower The Elements of Japanese Design: Handbook of Family Crests, Heraldry, and Symbolism - John W. Dower, Kiyoshi Kawamoto Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Se... Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings - E.H. Norman, John W. Dower The Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Mar... The Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki - John W. Dower, Muneshige Narazaki, John Junkerman The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of ... The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts - Beate Sirota Gordon, John W. Dower, Nicole A. Gordon Japan in War and Peace: Selected Essays - John W. Dower Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes In World War II - Yuki Tanaka, Toshiyuki Tanaka, John W. Dower Peace with China?: U.S. Decisions for As... Peace with China?: U.S. Decisions for Asia - Earl C. Ravenal, John W. Dower, Daniel Ellsberg
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of ... The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts - Beate Sirota Gordon, John W. Dower, Nicole A. Gordon
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts - Beate Sirota Gordon, John W. Dower
Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World - John W. Dower
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II - John W. Dower
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War - John W. Dower
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War - John W. Dower
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq - John W. Dower
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II - John W. Dower
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nouveau
nouveau rated it 12 years ago
text Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World
to put it in bluntly simplistic terms, this book is not going to draw the same audience as [b:Embracing Defeat|273197|Embracing Defeat Japan in the Wake of World War II|John W. Dower|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347308463s/273197.jpg|92383]. the first is a unified, coherent book-leng...
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nouveau
nouveau rated it 12 years ago
text Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
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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AC
AC rated it 14 years ago
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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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AC
AC rated it 14 years ago
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Much of this book I did not like. In fact, it is not really a book. It is two articles expanded and cribbed together (one on American racist perceptions of Japan; one on Japanese racist perceptions of the West) --to meet (I suspect) tenure requirements. Yet the two chapters on "The Pure Self" (ch...
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