War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
John Dower
(Author)
Description
This book draws on American, English and Japanese songs, cartoons, propaganda films, secret reports and official documents to show exactly what role racism played in the war. 20 pages of illustrations.Product Details
Price
$21.00
$19.53
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Publish Date
February 12, 1987
Pages
399
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.1 X 1.2 inches | 1.1 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780394751726
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About the Author
JOHN W. DOWER, born in 1938, is the Henry Luce Professor of International Cooperation and Global Stability at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Empire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878-1954 and The Elements of Japanese Design, and is the editor of The Origins of the Japanese State: Selected Writings of E. H. Norman and coeditor of The Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki.
Reviews
"May well be the most important study of the Pacific War ever published."
--The New Republic
--Foreign Affairs "An exceptionally important book."
--Newsweek "Belongs in every general library ... should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding the trade wars that have mercifully replaced the killing fields in the Pacific."
--The Boston Globe
