Bridging Australia and Japan : The Writings of David Sissons, Historian and Political Scientist.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. David Sissons and the history of Australia's war crimes trials: A spectral interaction in the archives -- 2. Japanese intentions toward Australia (1939-42) -- 3. The Cowra breakout -- 4. The Australian war crimes trials and investigations (1942-51) -- 5. Observation and correspondence -- Duntroon lecture, July 1978 -- 'The trials: Were they justice or vengeance?' -- Some observations on Australian war crimes trials involving cannibalism/mutilation of the dead -- The fate of the Japanese garrisons at Nauru and Ocean Island -- Sissons' correspondence -- Major Herbert Francis Dick -- 6. David Sissons, political scientist and writer on postwar Japanese politics: An introduction -- Human rights under the Japanese Constitution -- Dissolution of the Japanese Lower House -- 7. Legacy of David Sissons -- DCS Sissons select bibliography.

This book is volume two of the writings of David Sissons, who first established his academic career as a political scientist specialising in Japanese politics, and later shifted his focus to the history of Australia-Japan relations.

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