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John W. Dower
John W. Dower | |
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| Born | June 21, 1938 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author and historian |
| Language | English |
| Education | Amherst College Harvard University |
| Notable works | War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War (1986) Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (1999) |
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John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island[1]) is an American author and historian. His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction,[2] the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction,[3] the Bancroft Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Mark Lynton History Prize,[4] and the John K. Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association.[5]
- ^ "Dower's CV" (PDF). April 9, 2010
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1999". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
(With acceptance speech by Dower.) - ^ "General Nonfiction".. Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "AHA Awards and Prizes | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
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