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This 5 page book report focuses on Embracing Defeat by John Dower. Dower uses personal stories woven into this factual tale. An overview is provided and then, the economy of Japan in the aftermath of World War II is discussed. No additional sources cited.
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very suspicious of outsiders, and particularly the Japanese. The work begins with a focus on what occurred beginning in 1945. The beginning of the occupation is detailed. Dower (2001) begins
by providing a slew of information on the details of the occupation at the time. Yet, on balance, the book is a compilation of details of the stint in Japan
between 1945 and 1952, and a work about why and how the situation occurred. In reading the work, a great deal about the people is learned. Dower is analytical and
insightful. The book is also very well organized. There are six sections in all, which contain seventeen distinct chapters. The book reads almost like a novel. That is, the
book is well written and the story is compelling. The piece begins in August of 1945 when a messenger comes to tell the people that the emperor was to speak
(Dower, 2001). The author writes: "It was August 15, 1945, shortly before noon. What followed would never be forgotten" (p. 33). The first chapter is entitled "Shattered Lives" and the
author does make a reasonable case as to how and why the people endured difficult lives. The chapter goes on and it is noted that the emperor had announced defeat,
which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first page, Aihara Yu, is afraid that her husband would commit suicide, as that is how
the Japanese fighting men were taught (Dower, 2001). That is, the Japanese were taught that defeat is so terrible, and shameful, they would be better off dead. However, as this
story unfolds, there is a sense that the people did change and to some extent, would get away from the ancient cultural heritage that saw suicide as a solution. The
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