War without mercy : race and power in the Pacific war / John W. Dower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dower, John W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion.

Public opinion.

Racism.

Physical Description:

xii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Seventh printing, corrected by the author.

Manufacture:

1993.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [1986]

Summary:

Now in paperback, 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." Drawing 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."

Contents:

Part I Enemies

1. Patterns of a Race War 3

2. "Know Your Enemy" 15

3. War Hates and War Crimes 33

Part II The War in Western Eyes

4. Apes and Others 77

5. Lesser Men and Supermen 94

6. Primitives, Children, Madmen 118

7. Yellow, Red, and Black Men 147

Part III The War in Japanese Eyes

8. The Pure Self 203

9. The Demonic Other 234

10. "Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus" 262

11. From War to Peace 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-384) and index.

ISBN:

0394751728

OCLC:

32480914