Judgement at Tokyo - World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

Informationen zum Autor Gary J. Bass is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of Judgement at Tokyo and The Blood Telegram , winner of the Cundill History Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. A former reporter for The Economist , Bass has written for The New York Times , The New Yorker and The Washington Post amongst others. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Klappentext The definitive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946-8, WWII and the beginning of the end of the European empires in Asia and the impact the settlement has had on post-war China and Japan, the wider history of East and South Asia - and of the world - to this day. Zusammenfassung The definitive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946-8, WWII and the beginning of the end of the European empires in Asia and the impact the settlement has had on post-war China and Japan, the wider history of East and South Asia – and of the world – to this day.

Product details

• Authors: Gary J Bass, Gary J. Bass
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2024
• EAN: 9781509812745
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-1274-5
• No. of pages: 912
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 62 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, History, Tokyo, HISTORY / Military / World War II, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, War Crimes, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, Criminal justice law, C 1945 To C 1960, Military and defence law and civilian service law