Way Of Forgetting, Ways Of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World

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This new set of reflections looks at key 20th Century moments in the relationship between the US and Japan, focusing on Japanese perceptions of the US: how the Japanese saw Hiroshima, the American occupation and the changes in their own lives. Readers also catch a glimpse of Japanese attitudes towards their own war crimes. Finally, Dower offers blistering comments of George W. Bush's attempts to justify the invasion of Iraq by citing Dower's own work on the US occupation of Japan.

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Praise for Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering :

"No historian writes with more authority than this leading historian
of modern Japan. Dower's new work . . . shows him at the
top of his form."
Publishers Weekly

"Scrupulously researched and bravely presented scholarship."
Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Embracing Defeat :

"A superb history of Japan's occupation."
The New York Review of Books

"A magisterial and beautifully written book. . . . A pleasure to read."
The New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

John W. Dower is Professor Emeritus of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several books, including War Without Mercy, Cultures of War, and Embracing Defeat, which was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the Fairbank Prize. He lives in Boston.