- History, National Book Award Winner, 1945-1949, Condiciones sociales
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 vanquished could anticipate.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John W. Dower
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 680
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., W.W. Norton & Co./New Press
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9780393320275
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