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Hidden Atrocities: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial

Jeanne Guillemin

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Description:In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trial and its counterpart in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Yet the Tokyo trial failed to prosecute Imperial Japanese leaders for the very worst of war crimes: inhumane medical experimentation, including vivisection and open-air pathogen and chemical tests, which rivaled Nazi atrocities, as well as mass attacks using plague, anthrax, and cholera that killed thousands of Chinese civilians. In Hidden Atrocities, Jeanne Guillemin goes behind the scenes at the trial to reveal the American obstruction that denied Japan's victims justice. Responsibility for Japan's secret germ warfare program, organized as Unit 731 in Harbin, China, extended to top government leaders and many respected scientists, all of whom escaped indictment. Instead, motivated by early Cold War tensions, U.S. military intelligence in Tokyo insinuated itself into the Tokyo trial by blocking prosecution access to key witnesses and then classifying incriminating documents. Washington decision makers, supported by the American occupation leader General Douglas MacArthur, sought to acquire Japan's biological warfare expertise to gain an advantage over the Soviet Union, suspected of developing both biological and nuclear weapons. Ultimately, U.S. national security goals left the victims of Unit 731 without vindication. Decades later, evidence of the Unit 731 atrocities still troubles relations between China and Japan. Guillemin's vivid account of the cover-up at the Tokyo trial shows how without guarantees of transparency, power politics can jeopardize international justice, with persistent consequences.Contents:Prologue: General Ishii and Germ WarfareIntroduction: Lasting Peace and the Protection of Civilians1. MacArthur in Japan: “Punish the War Criminals”2. Spoils of War: Secret Japanese Biological Science3. International Prosecution Section: Toward the “Swift and Simple Trial”4. The Investigation for Evidence in China5. The Best Witnesses6. Tokyo: The Rush to Trial7. The Trial Begins8. The Atrocities9. The Soviet Division Versus US Military Intelligence10. National Security Versus Medical Ethics11. Open and Closed TrialsEpilogue: The FalloutAcknowledgmentsSource NotesAcronymsPrincipal CharactersNotesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hidden Atrocities: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial. To get started finding Hidden Atrocities: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 432

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Release: 2017

ISBN: 0231183526

Description: In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trial and its counterpart in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Yet the Tokyo trial failed to prosecute Imperial Japanese leaders for the very worst of war crimes: inhumane medical experimentation, including vivisection and open-air pathogen and chemical tests, which rivaled Nazi atrocities, as well as mass attacks using plague, anthrax, and cholera that killed thousands of Chinese civilians. In Hidden Atrocities, Jeanne Guillemin goes behind the scenes at the trial to reveal the American obstruction that denied Japan's victims justice. Responsibility for Japan's secret germ warfare program, organized as Unit 731 in Harbin, China, extended to top government leaders and many respected scientists, all of whom escaped indictment. Instead, motivated by early Cold War tensions, U.S. military intelligence in Tokyo insinuated itself into the Tokyo trial by blocking prosecution access to key witnesses and then classifying incriminating documents. Washington decision makers, supported by the American occupation leader General Douglas MacArthur, sought to acquire Japan's biological warfare expertise to gain an advantage over the Soviet Union, suspected of developing both biological and nuclear weapons. Ultimately, U.S. national security goals left the victims of Unit 731 without vindication. Decades later, evidence of the Unit 731 atrocities still troubles relations between China and Japan. Guillemin's vivid account of the cover-up at the Tokyo trial shows how without guarantees of transparency, power politics can jeopardize international justice, with persistent consequences.Contents:Prologue: General Ishii and Germ WarfareIntroduction: Lasting Peace and the Protection of Civilians1. MacArthur in Japan: “Punish the War Criminals”2. Spoils of War: Secret Japanese Biological Science3. International Prosecution Section: Toward the “Swift and Simple Trial”4. The Investigation for Evidence in China5. The Best Witnesses6. Tokyo: The Rush to Trial7. The Trial Begins8. The Atrocities9. The Soviet Division Versus US Military Intelligence10. National Security Versus Medical Ethics11. Open and Closed TrialsEpilogue: The FalloutAcknowledgmentsSource NotesAcronymsPrincipal CharactersNotesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hidden Atrocities: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial. To get started finding Hidden Atrocities: Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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