John W. Dower's War Without Mercy

In John W. Dower’s War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific, gives an insight and study of how racially binding the war with the Japanese and America was. The writer himself was in a difficult position writing this as his wife is of Japanese descent, but his review was surprisingly unbiased and gave readers a chance to hear both sides. While both sides fought for their own moral reasons, this war brought no mercy and a strong hatred, racist, and subhuman viewpoint that would drive the war entirely.

In this book Dower outlines the war and the bitter struggle four and a half decades ago so that maybe postwar generations may understand the lesson needed most. Given that chance you are able to make your own judgment as you hear reports, speeches, and archival resources. Since this is not fiction and portrays facts of the racism in Asia during World War Two, the nature of it can offend. …show more content…
From the western viewpoint it was the Japanese that would show their savage ways in not taking any prisoners and torture tactics that would show them as inhuman. America was always negotiable to a certain extent and with the news of how Japanese took the war, made a significant difference to even how the Germans were viewed after World War One. Japanese society as a whole was seen as subhuman and animalistic, and created a savage American military. Both sides of the war at that point were taking no prisoners, giving no mercy, and was not going to give up until a complete race was

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