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Now in paperback, this monumental history has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important books ever written about World War II ...Show synopsisNow in paperback, this monumental history has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important books ever written about World War II in the Pacific". 20 pages of illustrations.Hide synopsis
Description:Backstrip torn. Excessive pencil markings. This book has...Backstrip torn. Excessive pencil markings. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket., 700grams, ISBN: 0571146058.
Description:London, Faber and Faber, (1986). Cloth, paper browned else fine...London, Faber and Faber, (1986). Cloth, paper browned else fine in d/w, illust., pp. xiv, 399. ISBN 0-571-14605-8. "Hardly discussed during this past forty years is the double face of this conflict: there were, in fact, two wars. The fight against the Germans was ideological; the fight against the Japanese was, certainly to the GIs and those who gave the orders, racial. The second was indubitably the more savage" (d/w blurb).
Description:Good. 1986 HARDCOVER XLIBRARY CLEAN PAGES IN PLASTIC DJ HAS AGE...Good. 1986 HARDCOVER XLIBRARY CLEAN PAGES IN PLASTIC DJ HAS AGE 399 PAGES
Description:VG+/VG+ dust jacket; great copy. 399 how racial hatred affected...VG+/VG+ dust jacket; great copy. 399 how racial hatred affected the war in the Pacific.
Description:very good, very good. 399, illus., notes, bibliography, index,...very good, very good. 399, illus., notes, bibliography, index, slight wear to DJ edges, price sticker on rear DJ, DJ somewhat soiled.
Description:Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0571146058. Xiv, [2], 399...Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0571146058. Xiv, [2], 399 pages, 10 plates, maps, cloth, DJ, fine. From the dust jacket: "On the eve of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese were, in American and British eyes, an inferior race of myopic, pint-sized people whose military incompetence was well known. They were, it was reported, poor jungle fighters, inept pilots, timid strategists, and unimpressive navigators. While Westerners, in Japanese eyes, were a people so degenerate and soft that their will to resist would probably crumble at a single blow. Within months, the inferior Japanese had become superhuman in the Western mind: the greatest jungle fighters in history, single-minded fanatics ready to die for their emperor to the last child. To the Japanese, the Westerners had become atrocious and implacable demons. " EDG_362; 399 pages.
Description:Very Good in Very Good jacket. 399 pages. B/W illustrations....Very Good in Very Good jacket. 399 pages. B/W illustrations. Race and Power in the Pacific War. John Dower in his shattering book reveals a hidden dimension to World War II. Hardly discussed during this past forty years is the double face of this conflict, there were, in fact, two wars. The fight against the Germans was ideological, the fight against the Japanese was, certainly to the GIs and those who gave the orders, racial.
The book War without Mercy reminds us that stereotypes about other groups are always floating around in the collective unconscious and can be revived to apply to whatever group is now considered the enemy, with vicious results. The author traces these stereotypes on both sides of the Pacific war and ...
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In the left wing during the Cold War there was an attempt to recant the American triumphalism following the Cold War and the apparent Conservative political victory represented by Ronald Reagan's Presidency. Dowery's book is a part of that. For instance, Dowery suggests that both the Alamo and Custer ...
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