Dawn of Darkness - Softcover

Dawn of Darkness tells the hidden story behind the greatest scandal of the Second World War: how American soldiers miraculously overcame not only the Bataan Death March but medical experimentation in Manchuria under the Japanese biological weapons program. Looming in the background is Ishii Shiro, who conducted germ tests and vivisections on our POWs, and after the war, struck a secret deal with General MacArthur, trading the results of his grisly research in exchange for immunity from war crimes prosecution. More than fifty years later, the public is just beginning to comprehend the full scope of this dark chapter in our history. Dawn of Darkness, an epic rendering of these events, plums the uneasy relationship between the United States and its veterans of war, exploring the hidden costs—and unseemly spoils—of “victory.”

Lee Brandenburg has been a longtime student of American history. Having completed two tours of duty in the U.S. Army, both as an enlisted man and an officer, he has always held a great interest in the fate of those who served their country, and has attended reunions of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. He is also co-author of The Captive American: How to Stop Being a Political Prisoner in Your Own Country, and author of The Powerhouse Entrepreneur: Wealth and Success Though Creative Action . He lives with his wife and family in northern California. Matt Isaacs has worked as an investigative journalist since 1996, writing for Diablo Magazine, the San Francisco Examiner, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the SF Weekly, and the Bay Guardian . He lives with his wife and two children in Walnut Creek, California.