Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II PDF
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Hidden Horrors Transitions: Asia and Asian America Series Editor, Mark Seiden Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II, Yuki Tanaka Encountering Macau: A Portuguese City-State on the Periphery of China, 1557-1999, Geoffrey C. Gunn How the Farmers Changed China: Power of the People, Kate Xiao Zhou From Plan to Market: The Economic Transition in Vietnam, Adam Fforde and Stefan de Vylder A "New Woman" of Japan: A Political History cfK atô Shidzue, Helen M. Hopper Japanese Colonialism in Taiwan: Land Tenure, Development, and Dependency, 1895-1945, Chih-mingKa Vietnam's Rural Transformation, edited by Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet and Doug J. Porter Prívatizing Malaysia: Rents, Rhetoric, Realities, edited by Jomo K. S. The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case of One Chinese Province, Jean-Luc Domenach The Politics of Democratization: Generalizing East Asian Experiences, edited by Edward Friedman Our Land Was a Forest: An Ainu Memoir, Kayano Shigeru The Political Economy of China's Financial Reforms: Finance in Late Development, Paul Bowles and Gordon White Reinventing Vietnamese Socialism: Doi Moi in Comparative Perspective, edited by William S. Turley and Mark Seiden Hidden Horrors Japanese War Crimes in World War II YUKI TANAKA with o Foreword by John W. Dower First published 1996 by Westview Press Published 2018 by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright© 1996 by Westview Press, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01015-7 (hbk) For Tom Uren, former Japanese POW and good friend of the Japanese people, who says: There's no progress in hate. Contents List of Illustrations XI Foreword, John W. Dower xiii Acknowledgments xvii Author's Note XIX Introduction 1 1 The Sandakan POW Camp and the Geneva Convention 11 The Forgotten POW Camp, 11 Establishment of the Camp and the Labor Issue, 12 Escapes and Nonescape Contracts, 18 The Sandakan Incident and the Kempeitai, 23 The System and Purpose of Gunrítsu Kaigi, 29 Mistreatment of POWs and the Formosan Guards, 34 2 The Sandakan Death Marches and the Elimination of POWs 45 The First Death March, 45 The Second Death March, 52 The Elimination and Crucifixion of POWs, 59 Responsibility for Maltreatment and Massacre of POWs, 67 Japanese POW Policy, 70 The Psychology of Cruelty, 74 3 Rape and War: The Japanese Experience 79 Rape and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, 79 The Massacre of Nurses at Banka Island, 81 The Threat of Prostitution, 88 The Establishment of Comfort Houses, 92 The Universality of Rape in War, 100 War, Rape, and Patriarchy, 105
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