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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781602391451 03 01 Skyhorse Publishing 01 GCOI 60239100994520 01 SKU 239145 02 1602391459 03 9781602391451 15 9781602391451 11 BC 1 A01 Lord Russell of Liverpool, Lord Russell of Liverpool Lord Russell of Liverpool Lord Russell of Liverpool 2 A01 Russell of Liverpool, Russell of Liverpool Russell of Liverpool Russell of Liverpool <strong>Lord Russell of Liverpool</strong>—né Edward Frederick Langley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool—was Deputy Judge Advocate General for the British Army of the Rhine, and was a chief legal adviser for Britain during the war crimes trials following World War II. 01 eng 384 00 384 03 03 0 03 37 black-and-white illustrations HIS021000 24 Internet History 01 The war crimes trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo meted out the Allies'official justice; Lord Russell of Liverpool's sensational bestsellingbooks on the Axis' war crimes decided the public's opinion. <em>TheKnights of Bushido</em>, Russell's shocking account of Japanesebrutality in the Pacific in World War II, describes how the noblefounding principles of the Empire of Japan were perverted by themilitary into a systematic campaign of torture, murder, starvation,rape, and destruction. Notorious incidents like the Nanking Massacre andthe Bataan Death March emerge as merely part of a pattern of humanrights abuses. Undoubtedly formidable soldiers, the Japanese wereterrible conquerors. Their conduct in the Pacific is a harrowing exampleof the doctrine of mutual destruction carried to the extreme, and begsthe question of what is acceptableand unacceptablein total war. 02 An enlightening elucidation of Japanese brutality in World War II, thisbook is an honest look at an unexplored facet of the inhumane war crimesof this... 08 “A stark reminder of the dangers of appeasement and pacifism in the face of a fanatical and nondemocratic enemy.” 04 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100994520/images/60239100994520L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100994520/images/60239100994520S.jpg http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/book/?GCOI=60239100994520 Skyhorse Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 04 20080817 02 AS GU MP PH PR US VI 03 ROW 01 0.8185404 in 02 0.5390388 in 03 0.1098042 in 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD 02 Y 20 20080817 32 01 02 LONG 02 14.95 USD