{"product_id":"war-without-mercy-race-and-power-in-the-pacific-war-9780394751726","title":"War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD - AN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A monumental history that has been hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Dower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394751726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44402296586377,"sku":"9780394751726","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_50c08820-9a2d-4045-89b2-1deb21dacd6f.jpg?v=1752625038","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/war-without-mercy-race-and-power-in-the-pacific-war-9780394751726","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}