Gold, Hal

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: First-hand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program (Tuttle Classics)

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ISBN 13:: 9780804852197
author:: Gold, Hal
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Tuttle Publishing
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2019
Pages:: 256
Dimensions:: 20.3 x 13.3 centimetres (0.27 kg
Genre:: History, Asia, Japan,
Condition:: New
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731: A Disturbing Account of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program This book tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, Unit 731, and its role in Japan's wartime human experimentation program. The unit's doctors and assistants subjected human subjects to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's chemical and biological warfare research. Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of Unit 731, including the words of former unit members themselves, taken from remarks they made at a traveling exhibition in Japan in 1994-95. These first-hand accounts recount the unit's most shocking activities and provide a unique insight into the motivations and actions of those involved. A new foreword by historian Yuma Totani adds context to the book's significance, examining the actions of Unit 731, the post-war response by the Allies, and the lasting importance of this book in understanding one of the most infamous war crimes in modem military history.

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