The Australian pursuit of Japanese War criminals, 1943-1957 : from foe to friend / / Dean Aszkielowicz
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| Autore: |
Aszkielowicz Dean
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| Titolo: |
The Australian pursuit of Japanese War criminals, 1943-1957 : from foe to friend / / Dean Aszkielowicz
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| Pubblicazione: | Hong Kong : , : HKU Press, , [2017] |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 341.69026894052 |
| Soggetto topico: | War crime trials - Australia - History - 20th century |
| War criminals - Australia - History - 20th century | |
| Japanese - Australia - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Japan and Australia, 1944-1946 : the early domestic and regional context -- 2. Building a case against the war criminals : law and investigation -- 3. Procedure -- 4. The first phase of the prosecutions, 1945-1948 -- 5. The changing political context -- 6. The second phase : Manus Island -- 7. Post-trial : repatriation of war criminals -- 8. A new direction : the release of war criminals. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Previous scholarship on trials of war criminals focused on the legal proceedings with only tacit acknowledgment of the political and social context. Dean Aszkielowicz argues in The Australian Pursuit of Japanese War Criminals, 1943-1957: From Foe to Friend that the trials of Class B and Class C Japanese war criminals in Australia were not only an attempt to punish Japan for its militaristic ventures but also a move to exert influence over the future course of Japanese society, politics, and foreign policy, as well as to cement Australia's position in the Pacific region as a major power. During the Allied occupation of Japan, Australia energetically tried Japanese Class B and Class C war criminals. However, as the Cold War intensified, Japan was increasingly seen by the United States and its allies as a potential ally against communism and was no longer considered a threat to Pacific security. In the 1950s, concerns about the guilt of individual Japanese soldiers made way for pragmatism and political gain when the sentences of war criminals became a political bargaining chip. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Australian pursuit of Japanese War criminals, 1943-1957 |
| ISBN: | 988-8390-42-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812186603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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