john w. dower makes staying up all night doing work fun

Oct 26, 2007 01:20

Not really, but he is my favoritest Japanologist in the whole wide world. Check out his summary of postwar Japanese economic policies:

"In the maw of defeat, confronted by a staggering postwar crisis, it seemed logical to most Japanese to maintain [prewar] arrangements; and with the good grace of their American overlords, that is essentially what ( Read more... )

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radioronin October 26 2007, 13:56:59 UTC
I dunno, you might have to add a chaser for his use of the word 'maw.' Just not something you read nearly often enough...

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