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008			130429s2013 mau ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aDS777 _b.E955 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aDawes, James, _d1969- _e1
245	1	0	_aEvil men /James Dawes.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tPreface -- _tEvil Men -- _tNotes -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tIndex.
520	0		_aA searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, Evil Men confronts atrocity head-on--how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes's unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them.
520	0		_aPresented with accounts of genocide and torture, we ask how people could bring themselves to commit such horrendous acts. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, Evil Men confronts atrocity head-on--how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. Drawing on firsthand interviews with convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), James Dawes leads us into the frightening territory where soldiers perpetrated some of the worst crimes imaginable: murder, torture, rape, medical experimentation on living subjects. Transcending conventional reporting and commentary, Dawes's narrative weaves together unforgettable segments from the interviews with consideration of the troubling issues they raise. Telling the personal story of his journey to Japan, Dawes also lays bare the cultural misunderstandings and ethical compromises that at times called the legitimacy of his entire project into question. For this book is not just about the things war criminals do. It is about what it is like, and what it means, to befriend them. Do our stories of evil deeds make a difference? Can we depict atrocity without sensational curiosity? Anguished and unflinchingly honest, as eloquent as it is raw and painful, Evil Men asks hard questions about the most disturbing capabilities human beings possess, and acknowledges that these questions may have no comforting answers.
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650		0	_aSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 _xAtrocities _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 _vPersonal narratives, Japanese.
650		0	_aWar criminals _zJapan _vInterviews.
650		0	_aWar criminals _xPsychology.
650		0	_aWar crimes _xPsychological aspects.
650		4	_aHistory.
650		4	_aMiscellaneous.
650		4	_aSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 _vAtrocities _vPsychological aspects.
650		4	_aSino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 _vPersonal narratives, Japanese.
650		4	_aWar crimes _vPsychological aspects.
650		4	_aWar criminals _vPsychology.
650		4	_aWar criminals _zJapan _vInterviews.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=520752&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell