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by JW Dower (Author) "It was August 15, 1945, shortly before noon ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 680 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; New e. edition (5 Jul 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0393320278
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393320275
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Chronicles the events that took place in Japan at the end of World War II and explores the effects they have had on the development and shaping of Japanese society, from immediately after the war to the present day.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, definitive work, 30 Mar 2005
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The great strength of this book lies in the combination of its breadth, its scholarship and the way Dower questions the many cultural presumptions behind attitudes to Japan. While it is an academic book, it is incredibly readable - I couldn't put it down and finished it in 2 days. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Japan, WWII, or in the sociopolitical and cultural context of occupation (pertinent given the current approach in Iraq)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant book that you'll want to refer to constantly, 20 Jun 2004
By S. Watkins "Goris Fav Books" (Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Having married a Japanese woman I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to understand Japanese history and culture as I am aware that our children will have a shared identity. We are surrounded by cultural references to the Japanese which are negative and demeaning, while social and historical analysis of Japan is often written on the assumption that Japanese people are in some way different - either super human or inhuman and almost always unfathomable. Being married to a Japanese woman John Dower could not fall into this trap and the the combination of his incisive historical analysis and inherent empathy for the Japanese people make this book truly refreshing to read since, at all times, whether in respect to the defeated Japanese or the occupying Americans we are reading about fellow human beings. This book is truly well balanced and enormously interesting to read. Thank you John Dower for providing me with a book rich with information and stories that I constantly quote from when trying to make those around me understand a pivotal period in Japan's past. A book I will want my children to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Experienced Dower sharpens his focus, 12 April 2001
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John Dower, whose wife is Japanese, has spent the last thirty years researching the American Occupation which followed World War II. Here he consolidates the sterling work laid down in such books as War without Mercy into a compelling and incisive study of occupied Japan. Unmissable for any student of Twentieth Century history.
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