| Description |
xi, 892 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [695]-850) and index. |
| Contents |
Nuremberg to Tokyo -- Unconditional surrender -- "Prompt and utter destruction" -- Atomic fire -- Supreme commander -- Apprehensions -- "When the emperor violates the law" -- The god that failed -- The Imperial Hotel -- The anatomy of the Tokyo Trial -- "Asia for the asiatics" -- The first conquest -- The rape of Nanjing -- Remember Pearl Harbor -- The narrow road to the deep north -- Eleven angry men -- The defense rises -- A very British coup -- Denial at Nanjing -- Self-defense at Pearl Harbor -- The emperor waltz -- "The great sorrow of my life" -- Tojo takes the stand -- Mr. X -- Days of judgment -- "Blowing up a ton of dynamite" -- Judgment at Tokyo -- Dissensus -- "I am wholly dissenting" -- Equal justice under law -- One minute after midnight -- A silent prayer -- The inescapable purge of comrade Mei -- Epilogue : martyrs of Showa. |
| Summary |
In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, and their fellow victors, the question of justice seemed clear: Japan’s militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; shocking atrocities against civilians in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere; and rampant abuses of prisoners of war in notorious incidents such as the Bataan death march. For the Allied powers, the trial was an opportunity to render judgment on their vanquished foes, but also to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes and prohibit the use of aggressive war, building a more peaceful world under international law and American hegemony. For the Japanese leaders on trial, it was their chance to argue that their war had been waged to liberate Asia from Western imperialism and that the court was victors’ justice. For more than two years, lawyers for both sides presented their cases before a panel of clashing judges. The testimony ran from horrific accounts of brutality and the secret plans to attack Pearl Harbor to the Japanese military’s threats to subvert the government if it sued for peace. |
| Subject |
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948.
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War criminals -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
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| ISBN |
9781101947104 (hardcover) |
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1101947101 (hardcover) |
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