With a foreword by John W. Dower. Transitions--Asia and Asian America. First published in 1993 in Japan by Otsuki Shoten ( In Japanese ) ; Published in 1996 in the United States of America by Westview Press. Includes index.

Contents: The Sandakan POW camp and the Geneva convention.--The Sandakan death marches and the elimination of POWs.--Rape and war : the Japanese experience.--Judge Webb and Japanese cannibalism.--Japanese biological warfare plans and experiments on POWs.--Massacre of civilians at Kavieng.--Conclusion : understanding Japanese brutality in the Asia-Pacific war.