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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kushner, Barak, 1968– author.

Title: The geography of injustice : East Asia’s battle between memory and history / Barak Kushner.

Other titles: East Asia’s battle between memory and history

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023039445 (print) | LCCN 2023039446 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501774010 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501774034 (epub) | ISBN 9781501774027 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: War crime trials—China—History— 20th century. | War crime trials—Japan—History—20th century. | World War, 1939–1945—Influence. | Justice—History—20th century.

Classification: LCC DS842 .K87 2024 (print) | LCC DS842 (ebook) | DDC 940.53/5—dc23/eng/20230906

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023039445

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023039446

Cover illustration: Map from Asahi shimbun, December 8, 1942, morning Tokyo edition