Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb is Emeritus Professor of Asian History at the Australian National University. He has written widely on Indonesian history and the history of mass atrocity. He is currently researching Japanese war crimes in Southeast Asia during the Second World War.

Recent articles by Robert Cribb

Why history does not disqualify Japan as an ally: a reply to Richard Cullen

Why history does not disqualify Japan as an ally: a reply to Richard Cullen

Richard Cullen’s article, ‘Why Japan is not an acceptable military ally’, published in Pearls and Irritations (5 Jan. 2023) is an unfortunate piece of historical muck-raking.