"In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the victorious powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For the Allied powers, the trials were an opportunity both to render judgement on their vanquished foes and to c...

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1. Verfasser:	Bass, Gary Jonathan 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Picador 2023
Schlagworte:	Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948 War crime trials / Japan / History / 20th century World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Atrocities / Pacific Area
Zusammenfassung:	"In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the victorious powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For the Allied powers, the trials were an opportunity both to render judgement on their vanquished foes and to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes and prohibit the use of aggressive war. 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 no more than victors' justice. For more than two years, the tensions and contradictions of the courtroom could be seen playing out across Asia as the trial unfolded in the crucial early years of the Cold War and the end of the European empires. They have influenced power politics across Asia and the Pacific ever since."--Back cover of the paperback edition
Beschreibung:	Enthält bibliographische Angaben und Register
Beschreibung:	xi, 892 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:	9781509812752 150981275X