John W. Dower - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

Pros: It is an interesting book, and for the most part written without any bias.

Cons: It is a long read, and if you aren`t interested, it will be torture.

The Bottom Line: This book won a pulitzer prize, and if one reads it it will not be a suprise. It is even superior to other pulitzer winners.

Review: John W. Dower's book, Embracing Defeat, came to me highly recommended. It has been a Pulitzer Priz ...

Pros: scholarship; riveting detail

Cons: more than some readers may want

Review: This is the beginning of one of the great post-War rags-to-riches stories. In losing its gamble for Asian hegemomy, Japan had also lost an entire generation. Germany launched the European war with its attack on Poland in 1939. America's war began in...