Hidden Atrocities - Japanese Germ Warfare American Obstruction of Justice At Tokyo Trial

Informationen zum Autor Jeanne Guillemin Klappentext Hidden Atrocities reveals the American obstruction that denied justice to Japan's WWII victims at the postwar Tokyo Trial. Jeanne Guillemin explains how U.S. national security goals led to the failure to prosecute imperial Japanese leaders for the war crimes of Unit 731, Japan's secret germ-warfare program. Zusammenfassung Hidden Atrocities reveals the American obstruction that denied justice to Japan’s WWII victims at the postwar Tokyo Trial. Jeanne Guillemin explains how U.S. national security goals led to the failure to prosecute imperial Japanese leaders for the war crimes of Unit 731, Japan’s secret germ-warfare program. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: General Ishii and Germ Warfare Introduction: Lasting Peace and the Protection of Civilians 1. MacArthur in Japan: "Punish the War Criminals" 2. Spoils of War: Secret Japanese Biological Science 3. International Prosecution Section: Toward the "Swift and Simple Trial" 4. The Investigation for Evidence in China 5. The Best Witnesses 6. Tokyo: The Rush to Trial 7. The Trial Begins 8. The Atrocities 9. The Soviet Division Versus US Military Intelligence 10. National Security Versus Medical Ethics 11. Open and Closed Trials Epilogue: The Fallout Acknowledgments Source Notes Acronyms Principal Characters Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne Guillemin, Guillemin Jeanne
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780231183529
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18352-9
• No. of pages: 488
• Series: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warr; A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-east Asian Relations; A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American–East Asian Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Second World War, Asian History, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Chemical & biological weapons, Chemical and biological weapons, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General