Unexpected Defeat: The Unsuccessful War Crimes Prosecution of Lt Gen Yamawaki Masataka and Others at Manus Island, 1950

The Australian war crimes trials conducted at Manus Island in 1950–1951 were carefully selected to produce, albeit with adherence to due legal process, certain convictions followed by death sentences. The consequent acquittal — twice — of Lt Gen Yamawaki Masataka on charges of murdering Australian A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Narrelle
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11716