Yuki Tanaka

Hidden Horrors

Japanese War Crimes in World War II

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in a significant new edition, this landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II, including cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced prostitution, and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare experiments.

Produktdetails

• Asian Voices
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781538102695
• ISBN-10: 1538102692
• Artikelnr.: 48030603

Autorenporträt

By Yuki Tanaka - Foreword by John W. Dower

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Foreword by John W. Dower Preface to the Second
Edition: Crime and Responsibility: War, the State, and Japanese Society
Acknowledgments Author's Note Introduction: The War Crimes Tribunals and
POWs Chapter 1: The Sandakan POW Camp and the Geneva Convention Chapter 2:
The Sandakan Death Marches and the Elimination of POWs Chapter 3: Rape and
War: The Japanese Experience Chapter 4: Judge Webb and Japanese Cannibalism
Chapter 5: Japanese Biological Warfare Plans and Experiments on POWs
Chapter 6: Japanese Atrocities on Nauru during the Paci¿c War: The Murder
of Australians, the Massacre of Lepers, and the Ethnocide of Nauruans
Chapter 7: Massacre of Civilians at Kavieng Conclusion: Japanese Atrocities
in the Asia-Pacific War Notes Index