John W. Dower is Professor Emeritus of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several books, including War Without Mercy, Cultures of War, and Embracing Defeat, which was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the Fairbank Prize. He lives in Boston.

Praise for Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering:"No historian writes with more authority than this leading historianof modern Japan. Dower's new work . . . shows him at thetop of his form."—Publishers Weekly"Scrupulously researched and bravely presented scholarship."—Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Embracing Defeat:"A superb history of Japan's occupation."—The New York Review of Books"A magisterial and beautifully written book. . . . A pleasure to read."—The New York Times Book Review