Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of Americaâs preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. In War Without Mercy (1986), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, he described and analyzed the brutality that attended World War II in the Pacific, as seen from both the Japanese and the American sides. Embracing Defeat (1999), winner of numerous honors including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, dealt with Japanâs struggle to start over in a shattered land in the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War, when the defeated country was occupied by the U.S.-led Allied powers.
Turning to an even larger canvas, Dower now examines the cultures of war revealed by four powerful eventsâPearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, and the invasion of Iraq in the name of a war on terror. The list of issues examined and themes explored is wide-ranging: failures of intelligence and imagination, wars of choice and âstrategic imbecilities,â faith-based secular thinking as well as more overtly holy wars, the targeting of noncombatants, and the almost irresistible logicâand allureâof mass destruction. Dowerâs new work also sets the U.S. occupations of Japan and Iraq side by side in strikingly original ways.
One of the most important books of this decade, Cultures of War offers comparative insights into individual and institutional behavior and pathologies that transcend âculturesâ in the more traditional sense, and that ultimately go beyond war-making alone.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Politics & Government
- Public Affairs & Policy
- Military Policy
- Public Affairs & Policy
- Politics & Government
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Author : Dower, John W
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2011-09-12
Number Of Pages : 640
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0393340686
ISBN-13 : 9780393340686
Item weight : 1.72 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 6.06 in x 9.13 in
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