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A curious madness an American combat psychiatrist, a Japanese war crimes suspect, and an unsolved mystery from World War II

"From an 'illuminating and entertaining' (The New York Times) historian comes the World War II story of two men whose remarkable lives improbably converged at the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946. In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against hum...

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Main Author: Jaffe, Eric
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2014.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Ōkawa, Shūmei, > 1886-1957.
Jaffe, Daniel S., > 1914-2007.
Ōkawa, Shūmei, > 1886-1957 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Politicians > Japan > Biography.
Nationalists > Japan > Biography.
Psychiatrists > United States > Biography.
Insanity defense > Japan > Tokyo > History > 20th century.
War crime trials > Japan > Tokyo > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Biography.
Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952 > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Slap Heard Round the World
  • A Young Philosopher-Patriot
  • The House on Lyme Avenue
  • Heavenly Mission
  • Loose Ends
  • Showa Restoration
  • The Making of a Combat Psychiatrist
  • A War for Asian Liberation
  • Breakdown
  • Unconsciously Conscious
  • Judgment
  • The Ghosts of East and West.

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