Japan in War and Peace: Selected Essays

By John W. Dower

Book Overview

Drawing on decades of experience and research, John W. Dower, author of the award-winning War Without Mercy, highlights for the first time the resemblances between wartime, postwar, and contemporary Japan. He argues persuasively that the origins of many of the institutions responsible for Japan's dominant position in today's global economy derive from the rapid military industrialization of the 1930s, and not from the post-occupation period, as many have assumed. A brilliant lead essay, The Useful War, sets the tone for the volume by incisively showing how much of Japan's postwar political and economic structure was prefigured in the wartime organization of that country.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565842790
• ISBN13: 9781565842793
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A collection of papers on Japan before and after WWII

John Dower is the outstanding figure in the field of cold war, especially in Japan. His Pulitzer awarded book, 'Embracing Defeat', could be regarded as the cream of his career. If you read it already, you don't need to pick up this, I think. This book is no more than a collection of essays. So you chould not expect any integrity among papers. You'd better select essay to your needs. Sure, the quality of essays is not bad.