Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-04-27
Dwarkesh Patel & Pradyu Prasad: books mentioned on Dwarkesh Podcast
Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World
Today I talk to Pradyu Prasad (blogger and podcaster) about the book "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" by Herbert P. Bix.
Dwarkesh Patel discussed Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix, Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy by Richard Hanania, and The World Economy by Horst Siebert. Pradyu Prasad recommended Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower, and discussed The Economics of World War II by Mark Harrison.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Discussed“And for the time being today we're discussing uh this book you recommended to me uh Hirohito and the making of modern Japan by Herbert Pix.”
Where to get it
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Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy
Discussed“In fact, I interviewed Richard Hania recently on my podcast and as you know, he has a book out called public choice public choice Syria and the illusion of grand strategy where he makes exactly this point where he's he's arguing that the unitary actor model does not apply to nation states.”
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The World Economy
Discussed“So, you know, reading this because, you know, I was looking at the same numbers earlier today or not the same but those kinds of numbers uh where like at the time Japan had in 1935 it had a GDP per capita that was like almost a tenth of the US's and you know I was thinking about this”
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Embracing Defeat
Embracing Defeat by John W.
Recommended“There's a great book in this called Embracing Defeat which you should read because it's about the exact thing. It's what Japan after World War II and how the Americans did.”
Where to get it
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The Economics of World War II
Mark Harrison's scholarly volume provides a rigorous comparative economic analysis of how various nations mobilized their resources and sustained themselves during the Second World War.
Discussed“I read Mark Harrison's The Economics of World War II. Not a very detailed book, but a very good book in terms of the statistics it it gives you, right?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Pradumna Prasad about the book Hirohito and the making of modern Japan by Herbert P. Vixs.”
“So I read Hiito, I read Embracing Defeat. I read Japan prepared for Total War. I read Mark Harrison's The Economics of World War II.”
“So I read Hiito, I read Embracing Defeat. I read Japan prepared for Total War. I read Mark Harrison's The Economics of World War II.”