Word: blewett
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the day came, the gallery, which had been empty for months, was jammed. Tojo walked to the stand with the correct aplomb of the model prisoner and the unearthly smugness of the samurai. His court-appointed lawyer, George Blewett of Philadelphia, started to read Tojo's 64,000-word affidavit, which Tojo had rewritten four times in one year. Tojo himself sat back calmly. Around his right middle finger was tied a piece of string-a reminder to himself, he explained later, to keep his quick temper in check. Among his fellow defendants there was a stir...
...Through Blewett's voice, Hideki Tojo spoke for all the defendants, and, in a sense, for millions.of Japanese. His defense was offense. He challenged not only the victors' right to try him and his fellows: he challenged the U.S. version of history. Japan, he said, had been forced into...