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John W. Dower

Author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

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Booknotes: John W. Dower (March 26, 2000)
John W. Dower discusses Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.
This study of Japanese society shows how, after Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese reshaped their old traditions and incorporated new ideas from the West in a unique mix. They were thus well-positioned to participate in the emerging free-market opportunities. EMBRACING DEFEAT won the 1999 National ... (more)Book Award for Nonfiction. —from the publisher's website
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1938
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Harvard University (PhD ∙ History and Far Eastern Languages ∙ 1972)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ford International Professor of History)
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Pulitzer Prize- Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of WWII
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