War without mercy : race and power in the Pacific War
Dower, John W., 1938-1993
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDAN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST A monumental history that has been hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States." In this monumental history, Professor John Dower reveals a hidden, explosive dimension of the Pacific War-race-while writing what John Toland has called "a landmark book ... a powerful, moving, and evenhanded history that is sorely needed in both America and Japan."Drawing on American and Japanese songs, slogans, cartoons, propaganda films, secret reports, and a wealth of other documents of the time, Dower opens up a whole new way of looking at that bitter struggle of four and a half decades ago and its ramifications in our lives today. As Edwin O. Reischauer, former ambassador to Japan, has pointed out, this book offers "a lesson that the postwar generations need most ... with eloquence, crushing detail, and power."
Main title:
War without mercy : race and power in the Pacific War / John W. Dower.
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Imprint:
New York : Pantheon, c1986.
Collation:
xii, 398 p. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-384) and index.
Contents:
Preface xi PART I: ENEMIES 1. Patterns of a Race War 3 2. "Know Your Enemy" 15 3. War Hates and War Crimes 33 PART II: THE WAR IN WESTERN EYES 4. Apes and Others 77 5. Lesser Men and Supermen 94 6. Primitives, Children, Madmen 118 7. Yellow, Red, and Black Men 147 Illustrations 181 PART III: THE WAR IN JAPANESE EYES 8. The Pure Self 2039. The Demonic Other 23410. "Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus" 262PART IV EPILOGUE11. From War to Peace 293Notes 319Bibliography 367Picture Credits 385Index 387
Awards:
National Book Critics Circle Award
ISBN:
9780394751726 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.531940.531 DOW
LC class:
D767.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
3344037