The classic, standard account of Japanese war crimes now back in print! A former bestseller, it is a carefully constructed history from the man who was Deputy Judge Advocate General for the British Army of the Rhine. This sweeping indictment of atrocities committed by Japanese forces is based on evidence presented at post-war trials and illuminates one of the most disturbing episodes of WWII.

Companion vol. to the author's The scourge of the Swastika. Originally published: London : Cassell, 1958. With a new introd. by Norman Stone. Originally published: London: Cassell, 1958. This ed. originally published: 2002.

New introduction -- From Mukden to Pearl Harbour -- The China incident -- The general treatment of prisoners of war -- The murder of captured aircrews -- Life and death on the Burma-Siam Railway -- The massacre and murder of prisoners of war -- The prison hulks -- The death marches -- The prison camps -- The civilian internment camps -- War crimes on the high seas -- Cannibalism, vivisection and mutilation -- Atrocities against the civilian population under Japanese occupation -- The Kempai Tai -- Retribution -- Appendix: some legal aspects of war crimes trials.