{"product_id":"war-without-mercy-race-and-power-in-the-pacific-war-9780394751726","title":"War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow in paperback, \u003ci\u003eWar Without Mercy \u003c\/i\u003ehas been hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States.\" In this monumental history, Professor John Dower reveals a hidden, explosive dimension of the Pacific War--race--while writing what John Toland has called \"a landmark book . . . a powerful, moving, and evenhanded history that is sorely needed in both America and Japan.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on American and Japanese songs, slogans, cartoons, propaganda films, secret reports, and a wealth of other documents of the time, Dower opens up a whole new way of looking at that bitter struggle of four and a half decades ago and its ramifications in our lives today. As Edwin O. Reischauer, former ambassador to Japan, has pointed out, this book offers \"a lesson that the postwar generations need most . . . with eloquence, crushing detail, and power.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5710343\"\u003eJohn Dower\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394751726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0394751728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027100\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | World War II | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS021000\"\u003eAsia | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN W. DOWER, \u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eEmpire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878-1954\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Japanese Design\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of the Japanese State: Selected Writings of E. H. Norman\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697983262957,"sku":"9780394751726","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4accd3ab-94d2-4283-9631-fe3ddd80e017.jpg?v=1649892568","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/war-without-mercy-race-and-power-in-the-pacific-war-9780394751726","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}