Greenhill, 2002, £ 18.95, ISBN 1-85367-499-0, 335 pgs., hardback

This companion book to Scourge of the Swastika was originally published in 1958 and is just as gruesome and repugnant. The heinous crimes of WWII wrought by Japanese forces in occupied territories receive their due.

We often hear of such phrases as "The Rape of Nanking," "The Bataan Death March," and "The Box," but within these pages, you'll find the horrendous details from all of the above, and other cruelties inflicted upon P.O.W.s, natives, and civilians.

These recaps from survivors and captured documents show the full horror of a warped version of Bushido. It is not a pleasant read, but a necessary one, to remind ourselves of two things--that fanaticism in pursuit of tyranny begets atrocities, and that such fanatics, when finally overthrown and captured, must be imprisoned and/or executed to atone for their crimes.

The Nuremberg Trials got all the press, but the Tokyo Tribunal proved no less effective in ending state-organized murder in Japan.

See also: Scourge of the Swastika: A Short History of German War Crimes