Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire

"An expansive and unflinching survey of race and empire, Race War! shows the complexities of white supremacy and resistances to it." - Gary Y. Okihiro,Columbia University and author of Common Ground: Reimagining American History "Gerald Horne is one of the most gifted and insightful historians on racial matters of his generation. In Race War! Horne presents a provocative yet convincing argument that unearths the racial dimensions of U.S. policies pursued in the Far East during the Second World War. Horne's thesis provides a strikingly new and powerful interpretation of the international politics of race in the twentieth century." - Manning Marable,Center for Contemporary Black History, Columbia University "This fabulous study shows where global history can go. It adventurously moves to practically every continent, producing especially sharp insights into world views of race in the U.S. Horne arrestingly shows how Anglo-U.S.racism enabled Japan to pursue empire while claiming a place as the champion of struggles against white supremacy." - David Roediger,University of Illinois, author of Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past "Through multi-archival research that spans five continents, Gerald Horne demonstrates how and why the Pacific War should be understood as a Race War, not as an exculpation of Japan's Pan Asianism, but because of the poisonous triumph of the 'color line.' Horne powerfully argues that we should not forget that white supremacy retains salience in spite of, or because of, the Anglo-American victory in the Pacific War half a century ago." - Yukiko Koshiro,Colgate University "Besides writing an important history, Horne adds to our understanding of the evolution of white supremacy." (Political Affairs)