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John W. Dower

USA · Pacific War — Japan and its aftermath

About

Historian of modern Japan at MIT. Embracing Defeat, on Japan under the American occupation, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Books in Database (1)

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Embracing Defeat 1999 · 676 pages

Japan in the wake of surrender — occupation, hunger, MacArthur, and the remaking of a nation.

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Events Covered

1945 Atomic Bombings