Embracing Defeat

Embracing Defeat
	First edition cover
Author	John W. Dower
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	History
Publisher	W.W. Norton & Co.
Publication date	1999
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	676
ISBN	978-0-393-32027-5
Preceded by	The Bombed: Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Memory, Diplomatic History 19, no. 2
Followed by	Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II is a history book written by John W. Dower and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1999.^[1] The book covers the Occupation of Japan by the Allies between August 1945 and April 1952, delving into topics such as Douglas MacArthur's administration, the Tokyo war crimes trials and Hirohito's controversial Humanity Declaration.

Publication

Dower, John W. Embracing defeat: Japan in the wake of World War II (2003 ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0-393-32027-5. Total pages: 676.

^ Dower, John W. (1999). Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 676 pages. ISBN 0-393-04686-9. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "This Space Occupied". The New York Times. 1999-07-04.
^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
^ "National Book Awards – 1999" (web). National Book Foundation. 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-20. (With acceptance speech.)
^ "The Bancroft Prizes; Previous Awards" (web). Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
^ "1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners" (web). Los Angeles Times. 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

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