War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956: Justice in Time of Turmoil (World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence)

This Book Investigates The Political Context And Intentions Behind The Trialling Of Japanese War Criminals In The Wake Of World War Two. After The Second World War In Asia, The Victorious Allies Placed Around 5,700 Japanese On Trial For War Crimes. Ostensibly Crafted To Bring Perpetrators To Justice, The Trials Intersected In Complex Ways With The Great Issues Of The Day. They Were Meant To Finish Off The Business Of World War Two And To Consolidate United States Hegemony Over Japan In The Pacific, But They Lost Impetus As Japan Morphed Into An Ally Of The West In The Cold War. Embattled Colonial Powers Used The Trials To Bolster Their Authority Against Nationalist Revolutionaries, But They Found The Principles Of International Humanitarian Law Were Sharply At Odds With The Inequalities Embodied In Colonialism. Within Nationalist Movements, Local Enmities Often Overshadowed The Reckoning With Japan. And Hovering Over The Trials Was The Critical Question: Just What Was Justice For The Japanese In A World Where All Sides Had Committed Atrocities?-- 1. Justice In Time Of Turmoil: War Crimes Trials In Asia In The Context Of Decolonization And Cold War / Kerstin Von Lingen, Robert Cribb -- 2. Colonialism, Anti-colonialism And Neo-colonialism In China: The Opium Question At The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal / Neil Boister -- 3. The French Prosecution At The Imtfe: Robert Oneto, Indochina And The Rehabilitation Of French Prestige / Beatrice Trefalt -- 4. Decolonization And Subaltern Sovereignty: India And The Tokyo Trial / Milinda Banerjee -- 5. The Legacy Of Extraterritoriality And The Trial Of Japanese War Criminals In The Republic Of China / Anja Bihler -- 6. The Burma Trials Of Japanese War Criminals, 1946{u2013}1947 / Robert Cribb -- 7. Colonization And Postcolonial Justice: Us And Philippine War Crimes Trials In Manila After The Second World War / Wolfgang Form -- 8. Justice And Decolonization: War Crimes On Trial In Saigon, 1946{u2013}1950 / Ann-sophie Schoepfel -- 9. Netherlands East Indies' War Crimes Trials In The Face Of Decolonization / Lisette Schouten -- 10. Australia's Pursuit Of The Taiwanese And Korean 'japanese' War Criminals / Dean Aszkielowicz -- 11. From Tokyo To Khabarovsk: Soviet War Crimes Trials In Asia As Cold War Battlefields / Valentyna Polunina -- 12. Resurrecting Defeat: International Propaganda And The Shenyang Trials Of 1956 / Adam Cathcart. Kerstin Von Lingen, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Justice in Time of Turmoil: War Crimes Trials in Asia in the Context of Decolonization and Cold War....Pages 1-23 Colonialism, Anti-Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism in China: The Opium Question at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal....Pages 25-50 The French Prosecution at the IMTFE: Robert Oneto, Indochina and the Rehabilitation of French Prestige....Pages 51-67 Decolonization and Subaltern Sovereignty: India and the Tokyo Trial....Pages 69-91 The Legacy of Extraterritoriality and the Trial of Japanese War Criminals in the Republic of China....Pages 93-116 The Burma Trials of Japanese War Criminals, 1946–1947....Pages 117-142 Colonization and Postcolonial Justice: US and Philippine War Crimes Trials in Manila After the Second World War....Pages 143-166 Justice and Decolonization: War Crimes on Trial in Saigon, 1946–1950....Pages 167-194 Netherlands East Indies’ War Crimes Trials in the Face of Decolonization....Pages 195-220 Australia’s Pursuit of the Taiwanese and Korean ‘Japanese’ War Criminals....Pages 221-238 From Tokyo to Khabarovsk: Soviet War Crimes Trials in Asia as Cold War Battlefields....Pages 239-260 Resurrecting Defeat: International Propaganda and the Shenyang Trials of 1956....Pages 261-278 Back Matter....Pages 279-290