War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

Explain American sentiments toward Asians before and after the war.

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?

Did European colonialism influence Japanese expansion or was it, as the Anglo-American propaganda stated, a matter of Japanese history?

In what ways did the Japanese idea of "proper place" fit with the view of a hierarchical order within Japanese society itself?

The author, John W. Dower, argues that racial language is flexible. In what ways is he correct? In what ways is he incorrect?

In what ways did racism play a greater role in Allied propaganda with regard to the Japanese? The Germans? How was it different?

What was the premise of "scientific racism"? Did the Japanese have something similar?

In what ways did Japanese ideas of race and "proper place" change after the war?