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The Pacific war, as viewed by most Americans, was a just war fought against a brutal enemy in defense of freedom. However, after examining the racial prejudices of the United States, one can conclude that the Pacific war was not the just and straightforward war that most Americans think. Racial prejudices on both sides helped invigorate and maintain the war.These prejudices are illustrated by the American media. The extent to which racist tendencies on both sides contributed to the brutality and atrociousness of the war cannot be definitely concluded. However, racial tendencies did, in some way, exacerbate the violence of the conflict.

Michael Simpson Dillon

This exhibit and museum were created during an introductory seminar on the Asia-Pacific War, taught at Wake Forest University during the spring semester 2002.

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