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John W. Dower

Review Essay
Jul/Aug
1999
The Unmasterable Past: The Limits of Japan's Postwar Transformation
Walter LaFeber

A major new work on post-World War II Japan shows how the victorious Allies changed a conservative society unused to defeat and social transformation.
Review Essay
Sep/Oct
1994
The Past In Japan's Future: Will The Japanese Change?
Michael M. Mochizuki

Even as Japan struggles to redefine itself, the nation's future may look a lot like its past. Excellent new books by James Fallows, Richard J. Samuels, and John W. Dower find that Japan's passive foreign policy, "technonationalism," and economic chauvinism are likely to endure.
Capsule Review
Fall
1986
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
Gaddis Smith
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009, 6, 88
Essay
The Dollar and the Deficits
C. Fred Bergsten

The global economic crisis has revealed the folly of large U.S. budget and trade deficits, as well as of the strong dollar that makes them possible. If it is serious about recovery, the United States must balance the budget, stimulate private saving, and embrace a declining dollar.
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