Elaine B. Fischel

An amazing woman and an amazing story. Elaine B. Fischel is not your average woman in the 40's who accepts a job to go to Tokyo, Japan to be a legal secretary on the defense team that would defend the men accused of war crimes. This journey takes her through WWII, two and a half years in Japan, law school and onto becoming a lawyer herself, a career that would last 57 years. Defending the Enemy is filled with the history of the time, pictures , accounts of the men on trial, friendships developed in the two and a half years she spent in Japan and her personal life all combined in this amazing story. A very descriptive story of what it was like to "defend the enemy". Part memoir and part history book, this true story will appeal to anyone who enjoys reading about different aspects of WWII. A must read for any historian.… (més)