Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War 2

by Laurence Rees

Book Overview

The question is as searing as it is fundamental to the continuing debate over Japanese culpability in World War II and the period leading up to it: "How could Japanese soldiers have committed such acts of violence against Allied prisoners of war and Chinese civilians?" During the First World War, the Japanese fought on the side of the Allies and treated German POWs with respect and civility. In the years that followed, under Emperor Hirohito, conformity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306811782
• ISBN13: 9780306811784
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"