PREVIEW: #JAPAN: #War Crimes: Conversation with Professor Gary Bass for his new work, JUDGMENT AT TOKYO, re the hasty decision by MacArthur to punish Japanese commanders he regarded responsible for the outrages in the Philippines in 1942 and 1944 -- and

PREVIEW: #JAPAN: #War Crimes:  Conversation with Professor Gary Bass for his new work, JUDGMENT AT TOKYO, re the hasty decision by MacArthur to punish Japanese commanders he regarded responsible for the outrages in the Philippines in 1942 and 1944 -- and how those swift hangings lead to a protracted war crimes tribunal that is still controversial today.  Two hour show of details. 

1945 Official surrender in Tokyo September 12