The Knights of Bushido: A History of Japanese War Crimes During World War II - Softcover

Russell, Edward Frederick Langley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602391459 ISBN 13: 9781602391451

Publisher: Skyhorse, 2008

Synopsis

The war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo meted out the Allies' official justice; Lord Russell of Liverpool's sensational bestselling books on the Axis' war crimes decided the public's opinion. The Knights of Bushido, Russell's shocking account of Japanese brutality in the Pacific in World War II, 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 of human rights abuses. 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.

About this title

About the Author:

—né Edward Frederick Langley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool—was Deputy Judge Advocate General for the British Army of the Rhine, and was a chief legal adviser for Britain during the war crimes trials following World War II.

Review:

“A stark reminder of the dangers of appeasement and pacifism in the face of a fanatical and nondemocratic enemy.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1602391459
• ISBN 13: 9781602391451
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384