Book review on War Without Mercy by John W. Dower

The general requirements of the review of War without Mercy .

The length of the review is approximately 5 pages (double-spaced).

The review should consist of three separate parts:

1. a summary of the book.  You should summarize the book part by part, one paragraph for each part.  Divide your summary into four parts (four paragraphs).  In the summary you should provide at least four quotes (short phrase) for each part (16 quotes in total), and you also need to indicate the page numbers of the quotes.

2. Indicate the author’s major arguments and supporting evidence (such as photos, pictures, interviews, government documents, magazines, newspapers).  Also, indicate the sources or page numbers of his evidence.

3. Your reflections.

The paper will be graded on the basis of its organization (20%), summary (30%), indication of arguments/evidence (30%), and reflections (20%).