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

by Gary J. Bass

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Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, staff picks, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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