Embracing Defeat : Japan in the Wake of World War II Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2005) From the early sketches of

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Embracing Defeat : Japan in the Wake of World War II Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2005) From the early sketches ofWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II. Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of astonishing documentary photographs, Embracing Defeat is the fullest and most important history of the