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War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

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Essay Topics

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Compare and contrast Japanese and American racial propaganda.

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Explain American sentiments toward Asians before and after the war.

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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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