Neonationalist Mythology in Postwar Japan - Pal''s Dissenting Judgment At the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

This study examines the effect of Radhabinod Pal's judgment at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, in which he boldly dissented from the majority opinion and held that all Japanese defendants were not guilty. It also explores how historical revisionists have utilized and propagated his judgment in postwar Japanese right-wing politics.

List of contents

Part I: Pal and the Tokyo Trial
Chapter 1: Pal's Nomination and Attitude towards the Tribunal
Chapter 2: The Dissentient Judgement and Its Aftermath
Part II: Pal's Life and Ideas
Chapter 3: Rise into the Elite Society of Calcutta
Chapter 4: A Conservative Nationalist
Part III: The "Pal Myth" in Japan
Chapter 5: The Creation of the "Pal Myth"
Chapter 6: The "Pal Myth" and the Neonationalist Movement

About the author

Nariaki Nakazato is professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

Summary

This study examines the effect of Radhabinod Pal’s judgment at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, in which he boldly dissented from the majority opinion and held that all Japanese defendants were not guilty. It also explores how historical revisionists have utilized and propagated his judgment in postwar Japanese right-wing politics.

Product details

• Authors: Nariaki Nakazato, Nakazato Nariaki
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498528375
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2837-5
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: AsiaWorld
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Nationalism, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, War Crimes, Asian History, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)