|
Showing 1 - 1 of
1 matches in All Departments
After World War II, thousands of Japanese throughout Asia were put
on trial for war crimes. Examination of postwar trials is now a
thriving area of research, but Sharon W. Chamberlain is the first
to offer an authoritative assessment of the legal proceedings
convened in the Philippines. These were trials conducted by Asians,
not Western powers, and centered on the abuses suffered by local
inhabitants rather than by prisoners of war. Her impressively
researched work reveals the challenges faced by the Philippines, as
a newly independent nation, in navigating issues of justice amid
domestic and international pressures. Chamberlain highlights the
differing views of Filipinos and Japanese about the trials. The
Philippine government aimed to show its commitment to impartial
proceedings with just outcomes. In Japan, it appeared that
defendants were selected arbitrarily, judges and prosecutors were
biased, and lower-ranking soldiers were punished for crimes ordered
by their superior officers. She analyzes the broader implications
of this divergence as bilateral relations between the two nations
evolved and contends that these competing narratives were
reimagined in a way that, paradoxically, aided a path toward
postwar reconciliation.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Hampstead
Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, …
DVD
R66
Discovery Miles 660
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.