Synopsis
A Finalist for the 2024 Cundill History Prize
Longlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize
A Best Book of the Year in The Economist, Prospect, The Telegraph, TLS, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Foreign Affairs
'Magisterial' – Max Hastings, The Sunday Times
'Monumental' – Rana Mitter, Times Literary Supplement
A landmark history of the postwar trials of Japan’s leaders...
Details
06 February 2025912 pages
9781509812769Imprint: Picador
Reviews
This important book . . . MagisterialMax Hastings, The Sunday Times
Every so often, a new work emerges of such immense scholarship and weight that it really does add a significant difference to our understanding of the Second World War and its consequences. Judgement in Tokyo is one such, a monumental work in both scale and detail, beautifully constructed and written, leaving the reader not only moved but disturbed as well.James Holland, The Sunday Telegraph
With impeccable scholarship and lucid writing, this is a magnificent book on an aspect of Asian history that has far-reaching repercussions todayThe Judges of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
A work of singular importance – balanced, original, human, accessible, and riveting. It is of huge relevance to our times.Philippe Sands, author of East-West Street
