In The Geography of Injustice**, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the present day.** In 1946 the Allies convened the Tokyo Trial to prosecute Japanese wartime atrocities and Japan's empire. At its conclusion one of the judges voiced dissent, claiming that the justice found at Tokyo was only "the sham employment of a legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst ...

戰爭會結束，但正義不一定會到來為何二戰後東亞無法如歐洲那般實現和解？為何戰犯審判未能解決歷史創傷，反而加深了各國間的敵對情緒？◎《從人到鬼，從鬼到人：日本戰犯與中國的審判》作者最新力作。◎劍橋東亞系教授、英國國家學術院院士，從散布日、中、臺、港等地檔案重建東亞歷史記憶與裂痕。◎本書特別收錄臺灣版獨家作者序「臺灣戰後正義的悖論」。中日兩國對二戰一直有著不同的詮釋。相較於德國直面歷史，日本選擇淡化戰爭責任，而中國則以標舉南京大屠殺和攻擊靖國神社予以回應。這背後不僅是自我保護的本能反應，而是東亞的戰爭審判以及戰後處理的方式，給予各國詮釋這段歷史的空間。本書將二戰戰爭審判放入東亞的地緣與歷史脈絡中，帶領讀者了解這段歷史如何形塑且至今依舊影響著東亞各國的局勢。讓位給政治的戰爭記憶二戰結束後，全球有50多處法庭展開對日審判，在美國主導且國際法未臻成熟的情況下，留下大片空白與爭議。尤其是東京大審，有人質疑：這是一場為了滿足復仇而動用虛假的法律程序。戰後美國選擇不追究天皇...

The Japanese Army committed numerous atrocities during its pitiless campaigns in China from 1931 to 1945. Focusing on the trials of Japanese war criminals, Barak Kushner analyzes the political maneuvering and propagandizing in both China and Japan that would roil East Asian relations throughout the Cold War, with repercussions still felt today.

When Emperor Hirohito announced defeat in a radio broadcast on 15th August 1945, Japan was not merely a nation; it was a colossal empire stretching from the tip of Alaska to the fringes of Australia grown out of a colonial ideology that continued to pervade East Asian society for years after the end of the Second World War. In Overcoming Empire in Post-Imperial East Asia: Repatriation, Redress and Rebuilding, Barak Kushner and Sherzod Muminov bring together an international team o...

This book examines five features of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades’: the speed of the economic decline in Japan compared to Japan’s earlier global prowess; a rapidly declining population; considerable political instability and failed reform attempts; shifting balances of power in the region and changing relations with Asian neighbouring nations; and the lingering legacy of World War Two. Addressing the question of why the decades were lost, this book offers 15 new perspectives ranging from economic...

The end of Japan’s empire appeared to happen very suddenly and cleanly – but, as this book shows, it was in fact very messy, with a long period of establishing or re-establishing the postwar order. Moreover, as the authors argue, empires have afterlives, which, in the case of Japan’s empire, is not much studied. This book considers the details of deimperialization, including the repatriation of Japanese personnel, the redrawing of boundaries, issues to do with prisoners of war and war crim...