Название: The Life and Death of a Japanese General
Издательство: The New American Library
Формат: PDF
Год: 1962
Страниц: 204
Язык: English
Размер: 33 MB
Yamashita was the most formidable Japanese general of World War II . . . the triumphant hero of Singapore who routed 100,000 British troops' with 30,000 men... the vanquished soldier who chose to face the responsibilities of defeat rather than commit hara-kiri. This if the story of Yamashita's command, his surrender, and his trial by an American military tribunal for crimes of war. Judgment was fcwift and merciless . . . was it also just? John Deane Potter re-examines the seventeen-year-old evidence, making use of official American, British, and Japanese documents as well as Yamashita's own diary. The author's conclusions are sometimes startling, but more startling to Americans is the picture which emerges of the mind and heart of Tomoyuki Yamashita-a very human enemy.
