num_pages: 676
description: Drawing on a vast range of sources, from manga comics to MacArthur's report to Congress, this monumental new work by America's foremost historian of modern Japan traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on every aspect of Japan's national life. Alongside the familiar story of economic resurgence, Dower examines how the nation as a whole reacted to the contradictory experiences of humiliation at the hands of a foreign power and liberation from the demands of a suicidal nationalism. The result is a titanic history, and a landmark book.
language: English
title: Embracing Defeat : Japan in the Aftermath of World War II
titlecomplete: Embracing Defeat : Japan in the Aftermath of World War II
genres: Historical, History, World War II, Japanese History, Japan, Asia, War, Japanese Literature, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 4391
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award
category: Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Bancroft Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Mark Lynton History Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: John K. Fairbank Prize
publisher: Gardners Books