Judgement at Tokyo
World War II on trial and the making of modern Asia
- ISBN: 9781509812769
- Editorial: Picador
- Fecha de la edición: 2025
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 21 cm
- Nº Pág.: 912
- Idiomas: Inglés
In the aftermath of World War II, the victorious Allied powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. The Tokyo trial - the largely overlooked counterpart to Nuremberg - was an opportunity both to render judgment on the Allies' vanquished foes and to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes and prohibit the use of aggressive war. For the Japanese leaders on trial, it was their chance to argue that their war had been waged to liberate Asia from Western imperialism and that the court was no more than victors' justice.
Judgement at Tokyo is a magnificent, riveting story of wartime action, dramatic courtroom battles, and the epic formative years of postwar Asia.
Introduction
Part I. Genesis
Nuremberg to Tokyo
Unconditional surrender
"Prompt and utter destruction"
Atomic fire
Supreme commander
Apprehensions
"When the emperor violates the law"
The god that failed
The Imperial Hotel
Part II. Catharsis
The anatomy of the Tokyo Trial
"Asia for the Asiatics"
The first conquest
The rape of Nanjing
Remember Pearl Harbor
The narrow road to the deep north
Eleven angry men
The defense rises
A very British coup
Denial at Nanjing
Self-defense at Pearl Harbor
The emperor waltz
"The great sorrow of my life"
Tojo takes the stand
Part III. Nemesis
Mr. X
Days of judgment
"Blowing up a ton of dynamite"
Judgment at Tokyo
Dissensus
"I am wholly dissenting"
Equal justice under law
One minute after midnight
A silent prayer
The inescapable purge of Comrade Mei
Epilogue: Martyrs of Showa
