Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II / by John dower.
Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II / by John dower.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.
Date
1999.
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N952.04/56
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Language
English
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676p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Victor and Vanquished. 1. Shattered Lives. 2. Gifts from Heaven -- Pt. II. Transcending Despair. 3. Kyodatsu: Exhaustion and Despair. 4. Cultures of Defeat. 5. Bridges of Language -- Pt. III. Revolutions. 6. Neocolonial Revolution. 7. Embracing Revolution. 8. Making Revolution -- Pt. IV. Demo...
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
John Dower, distinguished historian of modern Japan, casts his eye on the immediate aftermath of World War II. Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources, this new study illuminates how shattering defeat followed by over six years of American military occupation affected every level of Japanese society in ways that neither the victor nor the vanqu...
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Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II / by John dower.
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Japan in the wake of World war II.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N952.04/56
Record Identifier
74VvM4lOa343
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvM4lOa343
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ISBN
0393320278 (pbk.)
9780393046861
0393046869
9780393320275 (pbk.)
DDC
952.04
MMS ID
991007300179702626
