Japan's Infamous Unit 731
First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
$26.17
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2019
Summary
This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in and around Japan during WWII.
Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan’s war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan’s wartime chemical and biological warfare …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804852197 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0804852197 |
| Author: | Hal Gold, Yuma Totani |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 280mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Tuttle Classics |
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About The Author
Hal Gold
Hal Gold (1929-2009) was a writer, journalist and historian who was a resident of Kyoto for over 30 years. He wrote many books, essays and articles on Japanese history and culture including Japan in a Sake Cup, Neutral War, the translation From Shanghai to Shanghai: The War Diary of an Imperial Japanese Army Medical Officer and several articles on turn-of-the-century Kyoto development.
Yuma Totani is Professor of modern Japanese history at the University of Hawaii. She authored The Tokyo War Crimes Trial: The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II, and Justice in Asia and the Pacific, 1945-1952: Allied War Crimes Prosecutions, as well as co-authored with David Cohen The Tokyo War Crimes.
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