"War crimes tribunals in postwar East Asia cemented national divides. Tribunals allowed the history of the defeated to be heard so a narrative and counter narrative formed the basis of postwar memory concerning Japan's imperial aims. The archival record of evidence shaped a competing set of histories for public consumption"-- Provided by publisher.

Making Bad Television -- The Kaleidoscope of Defeat in East Asia -- The Shape of Justice: Creating New Symbols of International Stature -- When the Hero of Your Story Is the Villain of Another -- Laying Blame for Japan's War Responsibility -- The Tyranny of Tiny Decisions: The Failure of the Japanese Left -- The Violence of Imperial Dissolution at the Periphery -- The Geography of Power: Producing Political Legitimacy in Republican China -- Creating a Theater of Law in Mao's China -- The Pathology of Justice in Post-Occupation Japan -- Behind the Curtain: Forces Shaping Sino-Japanese Postwar Attitudes toward Justice -- Evaporating Legal Memory and KMT War Criminals -- Owning the War: Constructing the Contours of National History, 1970s-1980s -- Afterlives of the Damned: The Commemoration of Justice and Injustice, 1990s to the Present -- The Poverty of Political Ambition in East Asia.