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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Names, Spelling, and Terminology
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Defining War Crimes and Creating Courts
The Crimes
Anticipating Prosecution
The Political Aims of Prosecution
Legal Questions
Jurisdiction
Legislation and Courts
2. Investigation and Arrest
Collecting Evidence, Arresting Suspects
The Promise and Problem of Command Responsibility
Selection of Defendants
3. In Court: Indictment, Trial, and Sentencing
Indictments
Courts
Procedures
Case for the Defense
Verdicts, Sentences, and Review
Execution
4. Dilemmas of Detention and the First Misgivings
Prisons
Ending the Trials
Toward Parole and Release
Further Misgivings
5. Shifting Mood, Shifting Location
Appealing to Compassion
Changing Perceptions of Japanese Soldiers
Transfer to Japan
From Individual Guilt to National Responsibility
6. Peace and Article 11
Early Treaty Drafts
War Guilt and “Pardon”
The Final Drafts
Japanese Responses
The Japanese Public and War Criminals
The Treaty and Article 11
7. Japanese Pressure Mounts
Immediate Responses to the Peace and Article 11
Managing Article 11
Ordinary Men with Aging Mothers
Public Advocacy
Politicians, Bureaucrats, and War Criminals
8. Finding a Formula for Release
Further Releases
The Last Repatriations
Clemency for the IMTFE Defendants
New Trials
9. The Race to Clear Sugamo
The Netherlands and Australia Find a Way Out
Balancing Moral Pressure with Public Opinion
Hotel Sugamo
Reviewing the Cases
Dealing with the Hard Core
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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