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The Australian pursuit of Japanese war criminals, 1943-1957 : from foe to friend /

Previous scholarship on trials of war criminals focussed on the legal proceedings with only tacit acknowledgement of the political and social context. Dean Aszkielowicz argues here that the trials of Class B and Class C Japanese war criminals in Australia were not only an attempt to punish Japan for...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aszkielowicz, Dean (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Abbreviations; Conventions; Introduction; 1. Japan and Australia, 1944-1946: The Early Domestic and Regional Context; 2. Building a Case against the War Criminals: Law and Investigation; 3. Procedure; 4. The First Phase of the Prosecutions, 1945-1948; 5. The Changing Political Context; 6. The Second Phase: Manus Island; 7. Post-trial: Repatriation of War Criminals; 8. A New Direction: The Release of War Criminals; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.