"Drawing directly from the tribunal's long-neglected transcripts, Ryan ... chronicles this tragic tale and its personalities. His ... analysis of the case's lingering question -- should a commander be held accountable for the crimes of his troops, even if he has no knowledge of them -- has profound implications for all military commanders"--Jacket.

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.