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Winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, 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 JaContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 680 Pages
- Edition: New e.
- ISBN-10: 0393320278
- ISBN-13: 9780393320275
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Pub date: Jun 01, 2000
- Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and School & Library Binding
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| 9780393320275 | Paperback | $19.95 | $14.90 | bn.com |
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Embracing Defeat
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