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Book SynopsisThis book reveals a hidden plot by FDR to join the European war through pressuring Japan into war, and the role played by the Soviet Union in promoting wars among capitalist countries. World War II changed the balance of countries in the world, with many European colonies gaining liberation at Japan’s expense.
Trade ReviewWhose Back Was Stabbed? is a startling but important Japanese view of what led up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War, and what happened to the Japanese nation and people after the air raids. Professor Koichi Mera’s personal account of a narrow escape from Korea leads into a look at what the American occupation of Japan—supposedly America’s and MacArthur’s finest hour—meant to people who had no chance to respond to a propaganda assault on recent Japanese history. The U.S. authorities and their ‘court historians’ fostered a myth of mindless Japanese aggression that persists to this very day under the guise of patriotism. There are two sides to every quarrel. Professor Mera fearlessly tells the other side. -- John Koster, Author of Operation Snow
Dr. Koichi Mera has collected a vast amount of authentic documents and produced this book which represents historically accurate understanding of the events related to the U.S.-Japan relations covering the years around WWII. The FDR conspiracy theory cannot be rejected any longer. -- Hideaki Kase, Commentator on Diplomacy and International Affairs
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgement Chapter 1: Japan Twice Trapped: the Pacific War and Beyond Chapter 2: The Tokyo War Crimes Trails: A Travesty of Legal Justice Chapter 3: Japan among Competing Powers Chapter 4: The Historical Implications of Japan’s Resistance to Colonization Chapter 5: Japan’s Challenge to Racial Discrimination Chapter 6: President Roosevelt Pushed Japan to Retaliate Chapter 7: Japan’s Total Defeat in the Information War Chapter 8: American Occupation Policy of Castrating Japan Chapter 9: The Historical Legacy of World War II in Asia Chapter 10: Conclusions: Japan Should Take Pride in Her Past Appendix A: Imperial Rescript on the Declaration of War Released by the Cabinet at 1100 Hours on 8 December 1941 (Japan Time) Appendix B: The Concluding Testimony of General Hideki Tojo at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Appendix C: General Douglas MacArthur’s Testimony on Japan before the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees of the U.S. Senate on May 3, 1951(Excerpt) Bibliography Index
