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The Knights of Bushido, a history of Japanese war crimes during World War II, Lord Russell of Liverpool ; foreword by Professor Yuma Totani

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The Knights of Bushido

Lord Russell of Liverpool ; foreword by Professor Yuma Totani

a history of Japanese war crimes during World War II

"A detailed account by Lord Russell of Liverpool of the war crimes trials at Tokyo, which meted out the Allies' official justice for Japan's actions in World War II"--, Provided by publisher"The war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo meted out the Allies' official justice; Lord Russell of Liverpool's sensational bestselling books on Germany's and Japan's war crimes decided the public's opinion. The Knights of Bushido, Russell's account of Japanese brutality in the Pacific in World War II, carefully compiles evidence given at the trials themselves. Russell describes how the noble founding principles of the Empire of Japan were perverted by the military into a systematic campaign of torture, murder, starvation, rape, and destruction. Notorious incidents like the Nanking Massacre and the Bataan Death March emerge as merely part of a pattern. With a new introduction for this edition, The Knights of Bushido details the horrors perpetrated by a military caught up in an ideological fervor. Often expecting death, the Japanese flouted the Geneva Convention (which they refused to ratify). They murdered aircrews, bayoneted prisoners, carried out arbitrary decapitations, and practiced medical vivisection. Undoubtedly formidable soldiers, the Japanese were terrible conquerors. Their conduct in the Pacific is a harrowing example of the doctrine of mutual destruction carried to the extreme, and begs the question of what is acceptable-and unacceptable-in total war. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home"--, Provided by publisher

Foreword to the 2016 paperback edition -- From Mukden to Pearl Harbour -- The China incident -- The general treatment of prisoners of war -- The murder of captured aircrews -- Life and death on the Burma-Siam Railway -- The massacre and murder of prisoners of war -- The prison hulks -- The death marches -- The prison camps -- The civilian internment camps -- War crimes on the high seas -- Cannibalism, vivisection and mutilation -- Atrocities against the civilian population under Japanese occupation -- The Kempei Tai -- Retribution -- Appendix: Some legal aspects of war crimes trials