The knights of Bushido : a short history of Japanese war crimes / by Lord Russell of Liverpool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell of Liverpool, Edward Frederick Langley Russell, Baron, 1895-1981.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Atrocities--Japan.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.

War crimes--History.

War crimes.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 334 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Short history of Japanese war crimes

Place of Publication:

London : Greenhill ; Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2002.

Summary:

This is the classic, standard account of Japanese war crimes -- a best-seller 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 by the man who was Deputy Judge Advocate General for the British Army of the Rhine charts this brutal swathe of destruction, objectively examines individual crimes, and details the reasons behind Japan's unprecedented disregard for accepted humanitarian principles.

Japanese troops behaved with considerable brutality in their war against China, a campaign designed "to punish the people of China." The Nanking massacre of December 1937 was just one example of the appalling series of atrocities the Japanese inflicted on the conquered Chinese. Japan also excelled in the mistreatment of prisoners of war. Allied troops unfortunate enough to fall into Japanese hands were abused, humiliated, starved, and forced to serve as slave labor. Thousands died as a result, and those that survived such mass torture were scarred for life.

Notes:

Originally published: London: Cassell, 1958.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1853674990

OCLC:

50529557