John W. Dower

John W. Dower is the author of Embracing Defeat, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; War without Mercy, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Cultures of War. He is professor emeritus of history at MIT. In addition to authoring many books and articles about Japan and the United States in war and peace, he is a founder and codirector of the online “Visualizing Cultures” project established at MIT in 2002 and dedicated to the presentation of image-driven scholarship on East Asia in the modern world. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

John W. Dower

John W. Dower is the author of Embracing Defeat, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; War without Mercy, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Cultures of War. He is professor emeritus of history at MIT. In addition to authoring many books and articles about Japan and the United States in war and peace, he is a founder and codirector of the online “Visualizing Cultures” project established at MIT in 2002 and dedicated to the presentation of image-driven scholarship on East Asia in the modern world. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Awards

Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2010

Winner — Bancroft Prize, 2000

Winner — Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1999

Winner — National Book Award, 1999

Winner — John K. Fairbank Prize, 1999

Winner — Mark Lynton History Prize, 2000

Winner — PEN New England / L. L. Winship Award, 2000

Winner — Pulitzer Prize, 2000

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 1999

Books by John W. Dower

  • Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq

    John W. Dower

    Hardback, 2010

    Finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns with a groundbreaking comparative study of the dynamics and pathologies of war in modern times....
  • Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq

    John W. Dower

    Paperback, 2011

    Finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction
    Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

    "A thought-provoking…book about the way events echo—and mis-echo—down the corridors of history." —...
  • Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

    John W. Dower

    Hardback, 1999

    Winner 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...
  • Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

    John W. Dower

    Paperback, 2000

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the 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...
  • Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq

    John W. Dower

    E Book, 2012

    Finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns with a groundbreaking comparative study of the dynamics and pathologies of war in modern times....
  • Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

    John W. Dower

    E Book, 2012

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the 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...
  • Peace with China?: U.S. Decisions for Asia

    Earl C. Ravenal, John W. Dower, Daniel Ellsberg, Richard Falk, Leslie H. Gelb, Morton H. Halperin, Stanley M. Kanarowski, Richard F. Kaufman, Milton Kotler, Seymour Melman, Robert E. Osgood, Marcus G. Raskin, Earl C. Ravenal, Leonard Rodberg, Franz Schurmann, Charles P. Shirkey, Leon Sloss, Pierre M. Sprey, William W. Whitson

    Paperback, 1971

    Suddenly, after twenty-five years of official hostility, Americans are confronted with an extraordinary reversal of their government's attitude toward China.