A Reckoning - 9780299318604

A ReckoningPhilippine Trials of Japanese War Criminals\nAuthor(s): Sharon W. Chamberlain\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press, United States\nImprint: University of Wisconsin Press\nISBN-13: 9780299318604, 978-0299318604\nSynopsis\nAfter World War II, thousands of Japanese throughout Asia were put on trial for war crimes. Examination of postwar trials is now a thriving area of research, but Sharon W. Chamberlain is the first to offer an authoritative assessment of the legal proceedings convened in the Philippines. These were trials conducted by Asians, not Western powers, and centered on the abuses suffered by local inhabitants rather than by prisoners of war. Her impressively researched work reveals the challenges faced by the Philippines, as a newly independent nation, in navigating issues of justice amid domestic and international pressures.\n\nChamberlain highlights the differing views of Filipinos and Japanese about the trials. The Philippine government ai.