The Culture of War: Volumes 1 & 2 - Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9/11, Iraq

The Culture of War, Volumes 1 & 2 - Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9/11, Iraq
John W. Dower

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Self-serving thinking, exclusion of dissent and criticism, excessive nationalism, underestimation of the enemy's motives and capabilities, cultural and racial prejudice—this book reveals the essence of the culture of war that still engulfs the world today, through the follies of Japan and the United States from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings, the 9/11 attacks, and the Iraq War. This is the culmination of many years of research by a renowned scholar known for Embracing Defeat.

Description
Self-serving thinking, exclusion of dissent and criticism, excessive nationalism, underestimation of the enemy's motives and capabilities, cultural and racial prejudice—this book reveals the essence of the culture of war that still engulfs the world today, through the follies of Japan and the United States from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings, the 9/11 attacks, and the Iraq War. This is the culmination of many years of research by a renowned scholar known for Embracing Defeat (2 volumes).

Table of Contents
Part 1: The Outbreak of War (Humiliation; Intelligence Failures; Lack of Imagination; innocence, Evil, and Oblivion; Strategic Follies; Heaven's Blessing)
Part 2: Terrorism (Hiroshima as a Code; Terror Bombing; Conflicts over the Atomic Bomb)
Part 2: Terrorism (Continued) (The Logic of the Atomic Bombing; The Psychology of the Atomic Bombing—Allure, Beauty, and Ideals; Irredeemable Evil)
Part 3: Nation Building (The Occupation of Japan and the Occupation of Iraq; Law, Justice, and Crime; Market Fundamentalism)

#Nuclear Weapons
#Yoshiaki Yano
#World War I
#World War II
#Cold War
#Power Balance
#Power Balance
#Balance of Power
#Balance of Power
#Neorealism
#Neoliberalism
#Liberalism
#Realism
#Offensive Realism
#Defensive Realism
#Conservatism
#Libertarianism
#America
#Khomeini
#Khamenei
#Iran
#Crude Oil
#Geopolitics
#Geopolitics_History
#Mahan
#Mackinder
#Liddell Hart
#World History
#International Politics
#International Relations
#John Mearsheimer
#Kenneth Waltz
#Diplomacy
#Strait of Hormuz
#Strait of Hormuz Blockade
#Putin
#Trump
#Donald Trump
#Donald_Trump
#America
#Epstein Documents
#Mossad
#Benjamin Netanyahu
#Benjamin Netanyahu
#CIA
#FBI
#Jews
#Israel
#Spy
#Soviet Union
#Rothschild
#Rockefeller