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050	0	0	_aE745 _b.D69 2010
082	0	0	_a355 DOW
100	1		_aDower, John W.
245	1	0	_aCultures of war _b: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq _c/ John W. Dower
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: W. W. Norton _b: New Press _c, c2010.
300			_axxxvii, 596 p. _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 453-551) and index.
520			_aA groundbreaking comparative study of the dynamics and pathologies of war in modern times. Over recent decades, Pulitzer-winning historian John W. Dower has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. Here he examines the cultures of war revealed by four powerful events--Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, and the invasion of Iraq in the name of a war on terror. The list of issues examined and themes explored is wide-ranging: failures of intelligence and imagination, wars of choice and "strategic imbecilities," faith-based secular thinking as well as more overtly holy wars, the targeting of noncombatants, and the almost irresistible logic--and allure--of mass destruction. Dower also sets the U.S. occupations of Japan and Iraq side by side in strikingly original ways. He offers comparative insights into individual and institutional behavior and pathologies that transcend "cultures" in the more traditional sense, and that ultimately go beyond war-making alone.--From publisher description.
650		4	_aWar and society
650		0	_aStrategic culture
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945
650		0	_aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
650		0	_aIraq war, 2003-
651		4	_aUnited States _x-History, Military _y-20th century
651		4	_aUnited States _x-History, Military _y-21st century
651		4	_aUnited States _x-Military policy
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