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245 10 a| Twelve Japanese war criminals and one who got away /c| Robert Cribb and Sandra Wilson.;

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264 1 a| Honolulu :b| University of Hawaiʻi Press,c| 2026.;

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520 a| "In Twelve Japanese War Criminals and One Who Got Away Robert Cribb and Sandra Wilson tell the stories of twelve people who were convicted of war crimes in Allied courts in the Asia-Pacific region after the Second World War. Included is the story of one man who escaped prosecution. The crimes were committed in the Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Java, Malaya, Singapore, the Maluku islands, New Guinea, and Japan. The characters examined range from senior figures- General Honma Masaharu, who was convicted for the Bataan "death march," and Japan's wartime prime minister, Tōjō Hideki-to lower ranking and lesser known people: a POW camp commander, a camp doctor, a Korean guard, a nurse charged with assisting in vivisection, a doctor convicted of cannibalism, a pimp, a Taiwanese interpreter, a businessman convicted of assault, an officer convicted of massacre and another convicted of a single execution. Tsuji Masanobu, the man who escaped, was responsible for at least two massacres. He was eventually elected to parliament, indicating the willingness of some elements in postwar Japanese society to overlook wartime atrocities. The book examines the backgrounds and careers of each character and explains how he or she came to commit the acts for which they were convicted. It also considers their subsequent careers, if they survived-several were executed for their crimes. Based on years of meticulous research, the book brings to life the texture of individual action and experience in the tumultuous years of conflict and occupation during the Pacific War. The authors recognize Japanese cruelty but also suggest that most of the convicted war criminals were not inherently evil. Some were out of their depth or were forced into circumstances where they made bad decisions; some obeyed illegal orders or were caught in impossible situations in a war that Japan fought with insufficient resources. Ironically, the one who got away was probably the worst of them all"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Twelve Japanese war criminals and one who got away / Robert Cribb and Sandra Wilson.

Author/creator	Cribb, R. B. author.
Other author	Wilson, Sandra, 1957- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2026.
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	vii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects	War criminals--Japan. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. --Asia. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. --Pacific Area.

Contents	Introduction: The Problem of Explaining Japanese War Crimes -- 1. Katō Tetsutarō, POW Camp Commander -- 2. Honma Masaharu, General -- 3. Ichikawa Seigi, Mass Murderer -- 4. Tsutsui Shizuko, Nurse -- 5. Nobusawa Hisashi, POW Camp Doctor -- 6. Yeow Chew Bok, Taiwanese Interpreter -- 7. Yunome Kunio, Executioner -- 8. Ainoda Hajime, Cannibal -- 9. Cho Un-kuk, Korean Guard -- 10. Egawa Fujiu, Partygoer -- 11. Tōjō Hideki, Prime Minister -- 12. Aochi Washio, Pimp -- 13. Tsuji Masanobu, One Who Got Away -- Conclusion: What Makes a War Criminal?
Abstract	"In Twelve Japanese War Criminals and One Who Got Away Robert Cribb and Sandra Wilson tell the stories of twelve people who were convicted of war crimes in Allied courts in the Asia-Pacific region after the Second World War. Included is the story of one man who escaped prosecution. The crimes were committed in the Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Java, Malaya, Singapore, the Maluku islands, New Guinea, and Japan. The characters examined range from senior figures- General Honma Masaharu, who was convicted for the Bataan "death march," and Japan's wartime prime minister, Tōjō Hideki-to lower ranking and lesser known people: a POW camp commander, a camp doctor, a Korean guard, a nurse charged with assisting in vivisection, a doctor convicted of cannibalism, a pimp, a Taiwanese interpreter, a businessman convicted of assault, an officer convicted of massacre and another convicted of a single execution. Tsuji Masanobu, the man who escaped, was responsible for at least two massacres. He was eventually elected to parliament, indicating the willingness of some elements in postwar Japanese society to overlook wartime atrocities. The book examines the backgrounds and careers of each character and explains how he or she came to commit the acts for which they were convicted. It also considers their subsequent careers, if they survived-several were executed for their crimes. Based on years of meticulous research, the book brings to life the texture of individual action and experience in the tumultuous years of conflict and occupation during the Pacific War. The authors recognize Japanese cruelty but also suggest that most of the convicted war criminals were not inherently evil. Some were out of their depth or were forced into circumstances where they made bad decisions; some obeyed illegal orders or were caught in impossible situations in a war that Japan fought with insufficient resources. Ironically, the one who got away was probably the worst of them all"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Cribb, Robert. Twelve japanese war criminals and one who got away Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2026 9798880702329
LCCN	2025019700
ISBN	9798880702602
ISBN	9798880702060 (hardback)
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