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Gary J. Bass

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The People Who Didn’t Matter to Henry Kissinger

Lauded for his strategic insights, the former secretary of state is better remembered for his callousness toward the victims of global conflict.

by Gary J. Bass via The Atlantic on November 29, 2023

Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

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Hideki Tojo in a courtroom testifying at the Tokyo Trial, guarded by American soldiers.

The Hypocrisies of International Justice

A recent history revisits the Tokyo trial.

by Colin Jones via The Nation on September 18, 2024

Japanese prime minister and minister of war Hideki Tojo on trial in 1947.

Japan’s Incomplete Reckoning With World War II Crimes

Gary Bass’s new book asks why the tribunal in Tokyo after World War II was so ineffective.

by Aryeh Neier via The New Republic on December 7, 2023

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in March 2015.

Kissinger Revisited

The former secretary of state is responsible for virtually every American geopolitical disaster of the past half-century.

by Rick Perlstein via The American Prospect on February 28, 2024

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