Tokyo War Crimes Trial The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II

Name: Tokyo War Crimes Trial The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II
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ISBN: 9780674033399

ISBN-10: 0674033396

ISBN-13: 9780674033399

Edition: 2008

Authors: Yuma Totani

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This book assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)-commonly called the Tokyo trial-established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II.Through extensive research in Japanese, American, Australian, and Indian archives, Yuma Totani taps into a large body of previously underexamined sources to explore some of the central misunderstandings and historiographical distortions that have persisted to the present day. Foregrounding these voluminous records, Totani disputes the notion that the trial was an exercise in ldquo;victorsrsquo; justicerdquo; in which the legal process was…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Yuma Totani is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.



List of Figures


Note to the Reader


Introduction: Why the Tokyo Trial Now?



Lessons from Nuremberg



The Trial of Emperor Hirohito?



Tojo and Other Suspects



Narrative of the War



Leadership Responsibility for War Crimes



Nanking and the Death Railway



Documenting Japanese Atrocities



The First Trial Analysts



Pal's Dissent and Its Repercussions


Conclusion: Beyond Victors' Justice


Notes


Works Cited


Index