Prof. Danny Orbach

Bio

Danny Orbach is an associate professor in the History and Asian Studies Departments at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After graduating from Tel Aviv University, he studied in Tokyo University and received his PhD from Harvard University. Orbach has published extensively on the modern history of Japan, Germany and the Middle East, focusing on military coups d’état, political assassinations, disobedience of officers, military adventurers, intelligence and espionage in the Cold War, irregular warfare, the dynamics of unsanctioned military massacres and the history of military law. Among his books: The Plots against Hitler (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Head of Zeus), Curse on this Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan (Cornell university Press) and Fugitives: A History of Nazi Adventurers during the Cold War (Pegasus / Hurst)

Orbach’s current research project, “Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality” is a long-durée history of Japanese war ethics, laws of war and attitude towards enemy civilians from 1868 to 1945. It was accepted for publication with Hurst.

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