John W. Dower

John W. Dower
Born (1938-06-21) June 21, 1938 (age 86)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
OccupationAuthor and historian
LanguageEnglish
EducationAmherst College
Harvard University
Notable worksWar Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War (1986)
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (1999)
Notable awards

John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island[1]) is an American author and historian. His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction,[2] the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction,[3] the Bancroft Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Mark Lynton History Prize,[4] and the John K. Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association.[5]

  1. ^ "Dower's CV" (PDF). April 9, 2010
  2. ^ "National Book Awards – 1999". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
    (With acceptance speech by Dower.)
  3. ^ "General Nonfiction".. Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  4. ^ "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "AHA Awards and Prizes | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved July 21, 2023.