Yamashita's ghost war crimes, MacArthur's justice, and command accountability - Ryan, Allan A. (Lawrence, Kansas University Press of Kansas, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Yamashita, Tomobumi, -- 1885-1946 -- Trials, litigation, etc; MacArthur, Douglas, -- 1880-1964.; War crime trials -- Philippines -- Manila; Command responsibility (International law); World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities