War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War - Dower, John

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War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War by Dower, John Format: Hardcover with Dust JacketPublished by Pantheon, 1986 WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD A N AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST War Without Mercy has been hailed by The New York Times as “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.”ÂDrawing 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.”Product image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale. Show more