Horror in the East
"During the First World War, the Japanese fought on the Allied side and treated captured German prisoners with civility. In the years that followed, Japan came to reject Western values and ideas under the Emperor Hirohito. Conformity was the norm: the army regime became brutal, and the Japanese psyche one of selfless devotion to the country and emperor. During World War II, Japanese soldiers were to indulge in mass murder, rape, suicide and even cannibalization of the enemy. [This book] examines how this drastic change came about. ..."--Book flap. "Published to accompany the television series 'Horror in the East, ' first broadcast on BBC2 in 2000"--Title page verso. 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Rees, Laurence, 1957-
- NIOD Bibliotheek
- Text
- ocm47675462
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Campaigns.
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Southeast Asia.
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