36 pages 1 hour read

John W. Dower

War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

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Essay Topics

1.

Compare and contrast Japanese and American racial propaganda.

2.

Explain American sentiments toward Asians before and after the war.

3.

What do the polarized opposite beliefs of the Japanese (on the one hand simple and ape-like, and on the other, possessing superhuman qualities), during the war say about the Anglo-American perception of their enemy?

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