Victors Justice by Richard Minear - 9781929280063

Victors JusticeThe Tokyo War Crimes Trial\nAuthor(s): Richard Minear\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan\nISBN-13: 9781929280063, 978-1929280063\nSynopsis\nIn the aftermath of the war in the Pacific, the victorious Allies brought to trial Tojo Hideki and twenty-seven other Japanese leaders for crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. After two and one-half years, the twenty-five surviving defendants were found guilty of most of the charges. Richard Minears comprehensive account, the first in English when it appeared in 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, reviews the background, proceedings, and verdict of the trial from its Charter and simultaneous Nuremberg precedent to its later effects. Minear challenges the world view behind the trial; links it to [url] policy, particularly in Vietnam; and sharpens the argument on Nuremberg and the feasibility of war crimes trials.