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embracing, defeat, japan, wake, world, history, book, written, john, dower, published, norton, company, 1999, book, covers, difficult, social, economic, cultural, political, situation, japan, aftermath, world, nation, occupation, allies, between, august, 1945,. Embracing Defeat Japan in the Wake of World War II is a history book written by John W Dower and published by W W Norton amp Company in 1999 1 The book covers the difficult social economic cultural and political situation of Japan in the aftermath of World War II and the nation s occupation by the Allies between August 1945 and April 1952 delving into topics such as the administration of Douglas MacArthur the Tokyo war crimes trials Hirohito s controversial Humanity Declaration and the drafting of the new Constitution of Japan Embracing DefeatFirst edition coverAuthorJohn W DowerCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreHistoryPublisherW W Norton amp Co Publication date1999Media typePrint hardcover Pages676ISBN978 0 393 32027 5Preceded byThe Bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Memory Diplomatic History 19 no 2 Followed byCultures of War Pearl Harbor Hiroshima 9 11 Iraq Described by The New York Times as magisterial and beautifully written 2 the book won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for General Non Fiction 3 the 1999 National Book Award 4 the 2000 Bancroft Prize 5 the 2000 L L Winship PEN New England Award the Mark Lynton History Prize and the 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize 6 Contents 1 Publication 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPublication editDower John W 1999 Embracing defeat Japan in the wake of World War II 2003 ed W W Norton amp Co ISBN 978 0 393 32027 5 Total pages 676 See also editEmpire of Japan Japanese resistance during the Shōwa periodReferences edit Dower John W 1999 Embracing Defeat Japan in the Wake of World War II W W Norton amp Company pp 676 pages ISBN 0 393 04686 9 Embracing Defeat Japan in the Wake of World War II This Space Occupied The New York Times 1999 07 04 Pulitzer Prize Winners General Non Fiction web pulitzer org Retrieved 2008 03 13 National Book Awards 1999 web National Book Foundation 2012 Retrieved 2012 02 20 With acceptance speech The Bancroft Prizes Previous Awards Columbia University Libraries Archived from the original web on 2007 07 14 Retrieved 2008 03 13 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners Los Angeles Times 2007 Archived from the original web on 2002 06 04 Retrieved 2008 03 13 External links editEmbracing Defeat at Open Library nbsp First Chapter Interview with Dower on Embracing Defeat Booknotes March 26 2000 nbsp nbsp This article about a non fiction book on Japanese history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a nonfiction book on World War II is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Embracing Defeat amp oldid 1175892759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
