The Knights Of Bushido: A Short History Of Japanese War Crimes
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Usual shelf-wear.
In one of the most unflinching accounts of wartime atrocity ever committed to print, The Knights of Bushido tears back the veil on the systematic brutality perpetrated by Imperial Japan during the Second World War. Lord Russell of Liverpool — a distinguished legal mind who served as Deputy Judge Advocate General — marshals meticulous courtroom evidence, survivor testimonies, and military tribunal records to construct an authoritative chronicle of Japanese war crimes across the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and beyond. From the Rape of Nanking to the horrors of the Burma-Thailand Railway, the work details with unflinching precision the organised cruelty inflicted upon prisoners of war and civilians alike. Written in the same vein as Russell's earlier landmark work The Scourge of the Swastika, this volume presents a sober, legally rigorous indictment of a military culture that weaponised the ancient Bushido code as justification for barbarism. Russell's prose is measured yet devastating — the restraint of a jurist making a case before history rather than mere sentiment. For readers who believe that bearing witness is a moral obligation, this book issues a challenge that cannot be easily set aside.
Author: Lord Russell Of Liverpool
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Cassell
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Usual shelf-wear.
In one of the most unflinching accounts of wartime atrocity ever committed to print, The Knights of Bushido tears back the veil on the systematic brutality perpetrated by Imperial Japan during the Second World War. Lord Russell of Liverpool — a distinguished legal mind who served as Deputy Judge Advocate General — marshals meticulous courtroom evidence, survivor testimonies, and military tribunal records to construct an authoritative chronicle of Japanese war crimes across the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and beyond. From the Rape of Nanking to the horrors of the Burma-Thailand Railway, the work details with unflinching precision the organised cruelty inflicted upon prisoners of war and civilians alike. Written in the same vein as Russell's earlier landmark work The Scourge of the Swastika, this volume presents a sober, legally rigorous indictment of a military culture that weaponised the ancient Bushido code as justification for barbarism. Russell's prose is measured yet devastating — the restraint of a jurist making a case before history rather than mere sentiment. For readers who believe that bearing witness is a moral obligation, this book issues a challenge that cannot be easily set aside.