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Book Review

We, the Japanese People: World War II and the Origins of the Japanese Constitution, vol. 1: Washington, vol. 2: Tokyo. By Dale M. Hellegers. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. xxx, 826 pp. $99.00/set, ISBN 0-8047-3454-2/set.)
The Pulitzer Prize committee has been intrigued by new historical studies of modern Japan. John Dower (for his analysis of early postwar Japan) and Herbert Bix (for his examination of Hirohito and his times) have won well-deserved, back-to-back Pulitzers in recent years. Without question, trying to figure out what makes the Japanese tick has been a full-time job for some American writers. Dale M. Hellegers has been one of them, and her observations, research findings, and clear, no-nonsense prose are worth a close look. . . .
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