Japanese War Criminals : : The Politics of Justice After the Second World War /

Japanese War Criminals : : The Politics of Justice After the Second World War / / Robert Cribb, Beatrice Trefalt, Dean Aszkielowicz, Sandra Wilson.

Beginning in late 1945, the United States, Britain, China, Australia, France, the Netherlands, and later the Philippines, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China convened national courts to prosecute Japanese military personnel for war crimes. The defendants included ethnic Koreans...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Wilson, Sandra,
Cribb, Robert,
Trefalt, Beatrice,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.) :; 21 b&w illustrations and 3 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Names, Spelling, and Terminology
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Defining War Crimes and Creating Courts
  • 2. Investigation and Arrest
  • 3. In Court: Indictment, Trial, and Sentencing
  • 4. Dilemmas of Detention and The First Misgivings
  • 5. Shifting Mood, Shifting Location
  • 6. Peace And Article 11
  • 7. Japanese Pressure Mounts
  • 8. Finding a Formula for Release
  • 9. The Race to Clear Sugamo
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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