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Sadists Of The Rising Sun: Japanese War Atrocities in China And South-East Asia Kindle Edition

by Stephen Barber (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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SADISTSˆOFˆTHEˆRISINGˆSUN focuses on the unique cruelty and capacity for slaughter displayed by Japan, from the beginning of the 1930s, with the origins of its atrocity-focused incursions into East Asia, until the devastation of its cities and incineration of its population by firestorms in 1945. During that period, Japan determinedly undertook the twentieth-century's supreme mission of Imperially-sanctioned butchery, combining the bacteriological obliteration of entire cities with the cannibalism, sexual torture and crucifixion of prisoners of war, the mass-bayoneting and violation of East-Asian urban populations, and the arbitrary overhaul and eradication of human life, in an ambitious project of annihilation conceived by its emperor, Hirohito, and put into operation by dedicated atrocity-advocates such as Shiro Ishii, the director of the Unit 731 experimentation-centre in colonized Manchuria, where the legendary 'body without organs' evisceration initiative was undertaken, alongside other unprecedented explorations into the extreme zones of the human body and its sensations. This illustrated document, based on extensive investigation and incorporating rare and disturbing photographic images, extensively analyses Unit 731 and its legacy, along with other projects of extermination, erasure and sexual mass-subjugation which haunt and define Japan and its cities to the present day.
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    September 11, 2013
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005T12IR8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elektron Ebooks (September 11, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1240 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 57 pages
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A. L. HICKS
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
TERRIBLY WRITTEN, NON RESEARCHED, OVERLY FLOWERY
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Pauljr
1.0 out of 5 stars Sadisrs of the rising sun
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2012
Absolutely horrible book. It masquerades as an historical work yet there are no footnotes nor sources. Barber must have been there. Although nobody disputes the brutality of the Japenese in this era, this book stretches things beyond any reasonable boundary and makes sweeping conclusions that have no support. Do not waste your time and money on this atrocious piece of crap. Deserves minus 10 stars
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SophieKup
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2014
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A very well written book! If you are looking to find information specifically on Japanese war crimes - THIS is where you will find everything. The book literally answered all of my questions.

On the matter of writing - the language and literature skills are of the highest quality. I should, however, mention that it is a very (VERY) graphic book, therefore would not recommend to soft-hearted people.

Fantastic as a historical source.
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