| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .I55 T3613 1996 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14018 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 813327172 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Tanaka, Toshiyuki,
- Dates associated with a name - 1949-
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| Main Entry |
- Uniform title - Shirarezaru senso hanzai. English
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Hidden horrors :
- Remainder of title - Japanese war crimes in World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Yuki Tanaka ; with a foreword by John W. Dower.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Boulder, Colo. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Westview Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1996.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xix, 267 p., [12] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill.maps,
- Dimensions - 22 x 15 cm.
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This volume focuses on specific war crimes, not all of which had been tried in the war crimes trials after the war. Using these specific cases, the author, a Japanese academician in Australia, highlights some of the more atrocious acts of the Japanese military, and tries to explain them through the Japanese concept of human rights, the Bushido and the Japanese military system. He also tries to show that Japan was not alone in committing atrocities during war. There is little specific mention of the Philippines, as the cases Tanaka focuses on deal more with Australians (the Sandakan Death March and forced labor, massacre of nurses in Banka Island; Judge Webb - an Australian - and his stand on cannibalism during the Tokyo Trials). He also explores new ground, such as the Japanese mentality at the time, the comfort women, biological warfare experiments and plans. The book also provides a Japanese dimension to the atrocities, using Japanese material. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Australians
- General subdivision - Crimes against
- Geographic subdivision - Indonesia.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Indonesia
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Japan
- General subdivision - Attitude.
- Geographic subdivision - Southeast Asia
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