Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIModern · History, Japan, Nonfiction
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
1999 · 676 pages · Nonfiction
62
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2000) and 1 more win. 4.16★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics83 out of 100 · counts 35%+33
- Readers50 out of 100 · counts 50%+29
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #60 of the 220 history books we rank
- #80 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #225 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2000)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1999)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (1999)
Reads as
True story
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