Narratives Without Guilt: Japanese Perpetrators and the Question of Responsibility

by Frank, Jacob, Frank Jacob

During the Second World War Japanese soldiers committed several different war crimes, including the kidnapping and raping of women or the mistreatment of POWs. In relation to the war crime trials after 1945 these perpetrators were interviewed by the Allied powers and could reflect on their acts during the war. How they perceived their own role for the named eruptions of violence is the main focus of the present book. It takes a closer look at the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110737027
• ISBN13: 9783110737028
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 290 Pages