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Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II / John W. Dower.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393320278 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 676 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co./New Press, 2000.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : W.W.Norton & Co./New Press,1999. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-650) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Victor and vanquished -- ch. 1. Shattered lives -- ch. 2. Gifts from heaven -- pt. 2. Transcending despair -- ch. 3. Kyodatsu: exhaustion and despair -- ch. 4. Cultures of defeat -- ch. 5. Bridges of language -- pt. 3. Revolutions -- ch. 6. Neocolonial revolution -- ch. 7. Embracing revolution -- ch. 8. Making revolution -- pt. 4. Democracies -- ch. 9. Imperial democracy: driving the wedge -- ch. 10. Imperial democracy: descending partway from heaven -- ch. 11. Imperial democracy: evading responsibility -- ch. 12. Constitutional democracy: GHQ writes a new national charter -- ch. 13. Constitutional democracy: Japanizing the American draft -- ch. 14. Censored democracy: policing the new taboos -- pt. 5. Guilts -- ch. 15. Victor's justice, loser's justice -- ch. 16. What do you tell the dead when you lose? -- pt. 6. Reconstructions -- ch. 17. Engineering growth. |
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| Subject: | Japan > History > 1945- |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | DS 889 .D69 2000 | 30526209 | General Collection | Available | - |