Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Aftermath of World War II by John W. Dower (Engli

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower Drawing on a range of sources, from manga comics to MacArthurs report to Congress, this work traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on different aspects of Japans national life. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Drawing on a vast range of sources, from manga comics to MacArthurs report to Congress, this monumental new work by Americas foremost historian of modern Japan traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on every aspect of Japans national life. Alongside the familiar story of economic resurgence, Dower examines how the nation as a whole reacted to the contradictory experiences of humiliation at the hands of a foreign power and liberation from the demands of a suicidal nationalism. The result is a titanic history, and a landmark book. Notes An epic, in-depth examination of the development of Japan following W.W.II, looking at how the nation as a whole reacted to the contradictory experiences of humiliation at the hands of a foreign power, and liberation from rabid nationalism. Author Biography John Dower is Henry Luce Professor of International Cooperation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of JAPAN AT WAR and the National Book Critics Circle Award winner WAR WITHOUT MERCY. Kirkus US Review An NBCC award winner and expert in the modern history of Japan, Dower (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology; Japan in War and Peace, 1994; War Without Mercy, 1986) absorbingly explains how American forces imposed a revolution from above in six years of occupation that transformed imperial Japan into a democracy. As WWII ended, Japan had lost three million dead, with many more wounded, starving, homeless, and demoralized. Dower has drawn effectively on Japanese academic, archival, and popular sources to capture the atmosphere of flux and uncertainty that followed surrender, including suicidal despair, gratitude toward generous GIs, black-market entrepreneurship, prostitution, and the unleashing of creative energy. The most important change, of course, occurred in politics. In a root-and-branch attempt to destroy Japans militaristic culture, the Americans created a constitution that limited the emperor to a symbolic head of state, renounced war as an instrument of settling international disputes, and established such reforms as sexual equality, greater freedom of speech and press, an end to the Shinto state religion, and a free labor movement. Written in six days, the constitution set the stage for Unprecedented Japanese freedom, equality, and prosperity. For all their idealism, however, the American forces also acted with little knowledge of Japanese history, censored criticism of the occupation, and treated the losers with condescension. In the Far East counterpart to the Nuremberg trials, American prosecutors excluded testimony about Emperor Hirohitos responsibility for war crimes and fed the nations sense of its victimization without forcing a realization of its culpability for atrocities committed against other Asians. In the greatest irony, by promoting such bureaucratic structures as the Ministry of Trade and Industry, MacArthur merely replaced his own mandarinate with a Japanese version. A turning point in Japanese history, illuminated through diligent research and piercing insight. (Kirkus Reviews) Prizes Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 2000 Short-listed for United States National Book Awards: Nonfiction 1999 Details ISBN0140285512 Author John W. Dower Pages 688 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2000 ISBN-10 0140285512 ISBN-13 9780140285512 Format Paperback Publication Date 2000-08-03 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle Japan in the Aftermath of World War II Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 80 b&w illustrations Birth 1938 Position Professor of History at M.I.T. Media Book Edition 1st Short Title EMBRACING DEFEAT Language English Residence MA, US Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology DEWEY 952.04 UK Release Date 2000-08-03 Audience General NZ Release Date 2000-08-02 AU Release Date 2000-08-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:1082153;

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