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This quote is just one of 8 total Bernard Wasserstein quotes in our collection. Bernard Wasserstein is known for saying 'The results were actually rather meager, ... and yet all the powers put enormous resources into intelligence in the Far East.' as well as some of the following quotes.
Japanese treatment of Chinese and Allied citizens whom they captured, particularly if they suspected them of espionage, was horrific. I describe some of the barbaric treatment of British and American political prisoners in the book.
(Also), the fact that businessmen carried on not just working under Japanese occupation, but producing critically needed war material for the Japanese war effort. This hadn't been revealed before, and it was the single aspect of the book that provoked the most controversy in Britain when it came out.
It was the espionage intelligence center of the Far East. It's a very colorful and exotic arena. Shanghai in that period was in some ways an attractive and sinister place.
This quote is just one of 8 total Bernard Wasserstein quotes in our collection. Bernard Wasserstein is known for saying 'The results were actually rather meager, ... and yet all the powers put enormous resources into intelligence in the Far East.' as well as some of the following quotes.