Historian John Dower delves intoa range of subjects, including the complex role of racism on both sides of the Pacific War, the sophistication of Japanese watime propaganda, and the ways in which the nuceal bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ae remembered in Japan.Ofering urgent…
Historian John Dower delves intoa range of subjects, including the complex role of racism on both sides of the Pacific War, the sophistication of Japanese watime propaganda, and the ways in which the nuceal bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ae remembered in Japan.Ofering urgent…
Remembering and reconstructing the past inevitably involves forgetting & mdash;and nowhere more so than in the complex relationship between the United States and Japan since the end of World War II. In this provocative and probing series of essays, John W. Dower & mdash;one of o…
A profound look at American and Japanese perceptions--past and present--of key moments in their shared history. An incisive investigation of the problems of public history and its role in a modern democracy, these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in postwar U.S…
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.
Discusses how the defeat and American military occupation of Japan after World War II affected each level of Japanese society.
"Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources, Dower's new study illuminates how shattering defeat, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society."--Publisher's description
Drawing on a range of Japanese sources and illustrated with documentary photographs, this book is a history of the more than six years of American occupation which affected the various levels of Japanese society, often in ways neither side could anticipate. The author provides a…
Japan since 1945: from postwar to post-bubble
Does Japan really matter anymore? The challenges of recent Japanese history have led some pundits and scholars to publicly wonder whether Japan's significance is starting to wane. The essays that comprise this book demonstrate its ongoing importance and relevance.
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people, displaced 600,000, and caused billions of dollars in damage as well as a nuclear meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan, the…
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people, displaced 600,000, and caused billions of dollars in damage as well as a nuclear meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan, the…
