Embracing Defeat Free Audiobook Download by John W. Dower

John W. Dower's book Embracing Defeat, tells the story of how Japan's defeat in World War II was embraced and became a means to start anew. This audiobook, narrated by Edward Lewis, offers insights into how Japanese society and culture transformed over time following their loss. The book is an interesting way to understand the different ways Japan went about rebuilding after the war.

The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II. One of them, the A-bomb. This book recounts the experiences of several people, who were in Japan at the time and lived through it, including a Japanese man who had been a prisoner of war and was working in Hiroshima when the bomb exploded.

We are bombarded from day one of our lives with messages that encourage us to strive, to conquer, to achieve victory. Yet John Dower warns that in a world of endless conflict, this attitude must change if we are ever to survive. Borrowing the title of a book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, Dower argues that warriors must learn how to embrace defeat if they are to survive and thrive in a world dominated by violence.

John W. Dower's account of the rise and fall of fascism in 1930s Japan is a horrifying reminder of how easy it is for a society to embrace dictatorship. In this audiobook, Dower describes the key events that led up to the military occupation of Japan, including the "New Order" era of Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō.

John Dower's book Embracing Defeat is about the shift in Japan after World War II, from a militaristic and aggressive culture to a more pacifist, cooperative culture.

"Dispassionate and dispassionate" are two words that stand out in John W. Dower's "Embracing Defeat," an account of the fourteen years of the Pacific War, from 1941-1947, at the end of which Japan was finally bombed back to its 1945 prewar position. The book is a study in Japanese psychology and culture, with some sections being prize-winning essays on topics as diverse as Goebbels and the Kami myth for Japan's military.