Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia 1509812741, 9781509812745

‘A work of singular importance . . . balanced, original, human, accessible, and riveting’ – Philippe Sands, author of Ea

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Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
1509812741, 9781509812745

A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlooked Asian counterpar

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The book examines the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), otherwise

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As the major geopolitical power bloc, Asia - with 4 billion people, two-thirds of the world's population, a huge la

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The book examines the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), otherwise

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The klieg-lighted Tokyo Trial began on May 3, 1946, and ended on November 4, 1948, a majority of the eleven judges from

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In 1942, following Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which authorized the U.S.

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This book is dedicated to the light tanks of the USSR, which took part in the Second World War. Here are their tactical

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In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trials and t

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Legislation passed in May 1967 by the British Parliament reduced the period of secrecy for State papers from fifty to th

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