Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-372) and index.
Contents
Law and war -- Tomoyuki Yamashita -- Malaya and Singapore -- Leyte -- Luzon -- Military commissions -- The charge : the accountability of command -- The prosecution : the hearsay problem -- The prosecution : the victims -- The prosecution : the defense scores -- The prosecution : the conclusion -- The defense : setting the stage -- The defense : Yamashita testifies -- The verdict -- The aftermath -- The Supreme Court -- The forties : Nuremberg and Tokyo -- The seventies : My Lai -- The twenty-first century : tribunals -- Today.
