The Toyko Trial and the Birth of Postwar Liberalism

Foreign Affairs Journal Review Essay By Jennifer Lind, November/December 2023

“…A professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton, Bass has deeply studied the intersection of human rights ideals and politics; a past life in journalism—he was a reporter for The Economist—brings clarity and sparkle to his text. Judgment at Tokyo is written with the gravity the topic deserves, yet with winks of wit. (The Soviet judge’s English was not so bad, Bass reports; at least he knew the phrase “bottoms up.”)..”

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