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Author Dower, John W.

Title War without mercy : race and power in the Pacific war / John W. Dower
Edition First edition
Published New York : Pantheon Books, [1986]
©1986

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Description xii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents pt. 1. Enemies -- 1. Patterns of a race war -- 2. "Know your enemy"-- 3. War hates and war crimes -- pt. 2. The war in western eyes -- 4. Apes and others -- 5. Lesser men and supermen -- 6. Primitives, children, madmen -- 7. Yellow, red, and black men -- pt. 3. The war in Japanese eyes -- 8. The pure self -- 9. The demonic other -- 10. "Global policy with the Yamato race as nucleus" -- pt. 4. Epilogue -- 11. From war to peace
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 367-384
Subject Racism.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.
SUBJECT Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115634
United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140113
Author American Council of Learned Societies.
LC no. 85043462
ISBN 039450030X
0394751728 (paperback)
OTHER TI ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012023082