War Without Mercy has been widely praised in the press:
“May well be the most important study of the Pacific War ever published.”
—The New Republic
“One of the handful of truly important books on the Pacific War . . . a cautionary tale for all peoples, now and in the future.”
—Foreign Affairs
“An exceptionally important book.”
—Newsweek
“Belongs in every general library . . . should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding the trade wars that have mercifully replaced the killing fields in the Pacific.”
—The Boston Globe
Preface • xi
PART I: ENEMIES
1. Patterns of a Race War • 3
2. “Know Your Enemy” • 15
3. War Hates and War Crimes • 33
PART II: THE WAR IN WESTERN EYES
4. Apes and Others • 77
5. Lesser Men and Supermen • 94
6. Primitives, Children, Madmen • 118
7. Yellow, Red, and Black Men • 147
Illustrations • 181
PART III: THE WAR IN JAPANESE EYES
8. The Pure Self • 203
9. The Demonic Other 234
10. “Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus” • 262
PART IV EPILOGUE
11. From War to Peace • 293
Notes • 319
Bibliography • 367
Picture Credits • 385
Index • 387
