Dower, John W.

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Name (Latin)
Dower, John W.
Other forms of name
Dower, John, 1938-
Date of birth
1938-06-21
Associate group
Amherst College
Harvard University
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wisconsin--Madison (1971 - 1971)
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego (1986 - 1986)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Occupation
Authors
College teachers
History teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 84619732
Wikidata: Q903632
Library of congress: n 79082316
Sources of Information

Wikipedia description:

John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island) 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, the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the Bancroft Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Mark Lynton History Prize, and the John K. Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association.

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