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ANTH 336: War and Society: Book #1

This guide will help you locate sources for your research project in Anthropology 336: War and Society.

Your Source

Beyond Pacifism: Why Japan Must Become a "Normal" Nation.

Middlebrooks, Jr., William C. 

  2008 Beyond Pacifism: Why Japan Must Become a "Normal" Nation. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. 

 

Questions to Address in Evaluating your Source

Look over the book and read the first two paragraphs of the introduction. Respond to the following questions: 

  1. Is this book a scholarly publication? How can you tell whether it is or is not? 

  2. Locate information about the author. (Hint: oftentimes it's located in the back of the book or on the back cover!). What kind of authority do they have on the topic about which they are writing? 

  3. After reading the introduction to this book, what is the bias of this book? 

    1. If you decided to use this source for a research paper on Japan and its constitutional amendments to remain peaceful in foreign affairs, what process would you take to neutralize this bias in your own paper? Consider the research question(s) this source could help you answer.

How your Source was Located

Your source was located using the UofL library catalog WorldCat Local, located under the Academic Sources tab of this research guide.