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John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American author and historian. His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction , [2] the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction , [3] the Bancroft Prize , the Los Angeles Times Book Prize , the Mark Lynton ...
John Dower, emeritus professor of Japanese history, retired from the History faculty in 2010 but remains active in MIT’s online “Visualizing Cultures” project, a pioneering website he co-founded in 2002 that breaks new ground in the scholarly use of visual materials to reexamine the experience of Japan and China in the modern world.
Jan 1, 2001 · 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.”
Jun 17, 2000 · Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II.
Mar 1, 1999 · Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II.
Feb 12, 1987 · 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.”
Mar 28, 2012 · 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,...
