TY - BOOK AU - Stockwin,Arthur AU - Tamura,Keiko TI - Bridging Australia and Japan: The Writings of David Sissons, Historian and Political Scientist T2 - Asian Studies Series SN - 9781760463762 AV - D810.S7 .B753 2020 U1 - 940.54869409200001 PY - 2020/// CY - Canberra PB - ANU Press KW - Sissons, David-(David Carlisle Stanley),-1925-2006 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6401999 ER -