The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes

Lord Of Liverpool Russell

This is the classic, standard account of Japanese war crimes, a bestseller in its time but out of print for many years. Between 1931 and 1945 Japanese troops rampaged through one defeated country after another, executing civilians, despoiling cities, massacring prisoners, and cruelly exploiting prisoners of war and native populations. This carefully constructed history charts this brutal swath of destruction, objectively examines individual crimes, and details the reasons behind Japan's unprecedented disregard for accepted humanitarian principles.

The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes is on the Judge Advocate General's Corp list.