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Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.
Pantheon Books, New York, 1986.
In this seminal work on the Pacific war John Dower, Professor of History at the Michigan Institute of Technology and Pulitzer Prize winning author, discusses the effect had in the Allied war with Japan. It is the author's opinion that racism and prejudiced attitudes played a role in the development of atrocious behaviors seen in the Pacific Theater. Dower supports his thesis by effectively and exhaustively researching his topic. Dower creatively integrates and combines sources from almost every are of period life. In his studies he includes war diaries, political speeches, journal articles from both sides, and perhaps most effectively, sources from popular culture including songs, movies and cartoons.
Dower's book is organized in three main sections. The first section, titled Enemies, is meant as an introduction to the materials and themes that will be used throughout the book......

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