Cultures of War
John Dower talked about his book Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed during the 61s…
441 viewsJohn Dower talked about his book Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed during the 61s…
441 viewsMr. Dower examines the institutional behaviors and individual beliefs that contributed to four major war events: the attack on Pearl Harbor, the bombing of Hiroshima, the September 11th atta…
1,462 viewsJohn Dower talked about his book, Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II, published by W.W. Norton and Company. The book tells how U.S. armed forces transformed imperial Japan d…
1,952 viewsJohn Dower spoke about his book, Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II, published by W. W. Norton about the reconstruction of Japan. The book examines how American forces maint…
2,244 viewsWinners of the 2000 Lukas Prize discussed the craft of writing narrative non-fiction and how they approached the research for their books. The prize was named for Pulitzer Prize-winning auth…
126 viewsFaculty of Columbia University presented the 2000 Bancroft Prize to this years recipients. The winners gave brief descriptions of their books as well as discussed other topics relating to th…
153 viewsFinalists from various categories of the National Book Awards read from their works. Among the finalists were authors Paul Coates, Judith Thurman, Patricia Henley, Kimberly Willis Holt, Mark…
341 viewsComedian and actor Steve Martin hosted the National Book Awards dinner. Oprah Winfrey received a 50th Anniversary Gold Medal for her contribution to reading. Ms. Winfrey talked about her te…
226 viewsThe Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs sponsored a forum which brought together media representatives and academicians to discuss the media of the U.S. and Japan and their coverage of U.S.…
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