<b>Praise for <i>Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering</i>
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<br />"No historian writes with more authority than this leading historian<br />of modern Japan. Dower's new work . . . shows him at the<br />top of his form."<br />—<i>Publishers Weekly</i>
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<br />"Scrupulously researched and bravely presented scholarship."<br />—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>
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<b>Praise for <i>Embracing Defeat</i>
</b>:<br />
<br />"A superb history of Japan's occupation."<br />—<i>The New York Review of Books</i>
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<br />"A magisterial and beautifully written book. . . . A pleasure to read."<br />—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>
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This new set of reflections looks at key 20th Century moments in the relationship between the US and Japan, focusing on Japanese perceptions of the US: how the Japanese saw Hiroshima, the American occupation and the changes in their own lives. Readers also catch a glimpse of Japanese attitudes towards their own war crimes. Finally, Dower offers blistering comments of George W. Bush's attempts to justify the invasion of Iraq by citing Dower's own work on the US occupation of Japan.
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Product details

ISBN
9781595589378
Published
2014-03-20
Publisher
The New Press
Weight
379 gr
Height
210 mm
Width
140 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
326

Author

Biographical note

John W. Dower is Professor Emeritus of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several books, including War Without Mercy, Cultures of War, and Embracing Defeat, which was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the Fairbank Prize. He lives in Boston.