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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by Downer, John W
- Bookseller: Annie's Book Stop
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 000529
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: As New
- Jacket condition: Excellent
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0373046863
- ISBN 13: 9780373046867
- Publisher: Norton
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1999
- Size: 5.25 x 8.5 x 1.25 inches
- Dewey: 813.5/4
- Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Keywords: WorldWarII WWII War Japan PostWar
Book Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Norton, 1999 An as-new, unread copy, in dust jacket. Not price-clipped. "...winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, hailed by 'The New Republic' as 'the most important study of the Pacific War ever published.' The great achievement of 'Embracing Defeat' lies in its vivid portrayal of the countless ways in which the Japanese met the challenge of 'starting over'... Dower shows us the intense and turbulent interplay of conqueror and conquered, West and East, in a way no Western historian has done before." Condition is tight and firm. Book is unmarked. One tiny corner rub, bottom front cover/dust jacket. No store stamps, markings, scribbles or dogeared pages found. Does have gold sticker showing book award on front cover, slightly rubbed. Inventory #DOW-529.. Hard Cover. As New/Excellent.
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