Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Fifth Printing. 676, illus., maps, notes, index, front DJ flap price clipped, Pulitzer Prize sticker on front DJ. A definitive history of the transformation of Japanese society under American occupation after World War II. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a vivid portrayal of the countless ways in which Japanese met the challenge of "starting over" from top-level manipulations to the activities of ordinary men and women in every walk of life when new values warred with old. Condition: very good, very good.
Keywords: Military Occupation, Douglas MacArthur, Atomic Bombs, Censorship, Cold War, Demilitarization, Hirohito, Kasutori, Japan
ISBN: 0393046869
[Book #47647]
Price: $37.50