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CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1. The Kaleidoscope of Defeat in East Asia
- 2. The Shape of Justice
- 3. When the Hero of Your Story Is the Villain of Another
- 4. Laying Blame for Japan’s War Responsibility
- 5. The Tyranny of Tiny Decisions
- 6. The Violence of Imperial Dissolution at the Periphery
- 7. The Geography of Power
- 8. Creating a Theater of Law in Mao’s China
- 9. The Pathology of Justice in Post-Occupation Japan
- 10. Behind the Curtain
- 11. Evaporating Legal Memory and KMT War Criminals
- 12. Owning the War
- 13. Afterlives of the Damned
- Conclusion
- Glossary of Japanese and Chinese Names and Terms
- Notes
- Archival Sources
- Index