Henry Scott Stokes was born in England in 1938. After earning an undergraduate degree from Oxford University, he joined the Financial Times, Inc. He became Tokyo Bureau Chief of The Times and became Tokyo Bureau Chief of TheNew York Times. He is the author of The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc., New York).

• ForewordIntroductionChapter One: US Army Tanks in England, My Homeland Chapter Two: Is Japan the Only Country That Committed War Crimes?Chapter Three: What Was the Objective of Yukio Mishima’s Suicide?Chapter Four: Osaka City Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s Press Conference and the “Comfort Women” IssueChapter Five: Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Silent About “Nanking Massacre” Chapter Six: What Was the Meaning of Voices of the Heroic Dead?Chapter Seven: Japan as the Light of Hope for Asia Chapter Eight: Asian Leaders I Have MetChapter Nine: Memorable PeopleChapter Ten: People of Japan, Take Pride in Your History

The history of the world has always been written by the victors and not the defeated. Thus, so-called authentic histories are filled with falsehoods, rationalizations, and hostility against the losers. Until we correct these falsehoods, will we not have an authentic history. This book is exemplary in its effort to revise the history of World War II.