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Embracing Defeat

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Embracing Defeat

Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2000
National Book Award, Nonfiction, 1999
In this illuminating study, Dower explores the ways in which the shattering defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society. He describes the countless ways in which the Japanese met the challenge of "starting over", from top-level manipulations concerning the fate of Emperor Hirohito to the hopes, fears, and activities of ordinary men and women in every walk of life. He shows us the intense and turbulent interplay of conqueror and conquered, West and East, in a way no Western historian has done before.
This is a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary moment in history, when new values warred with the old, and early ideals of demilitarization and radical reform were soon challenged by the United States' decision to incorporate Japan into the Cold War Pax Americana.

Country	USA
Author	John W. Dower
Binding	Audible Audio Edition
Format	Unabridged
IsAdultProduct
Label	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Manufacturer	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
PublicationDate	2007-05-03
Publisher	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Studio	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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