Masanobu Tsuji He was the architect of one of the most brutal massacres in Asian history. He planned the lightning conquest of Malaya and Singapore. He was hunted by the British as a "Class A" war criminal. And yet, Masanobu Tsuji—the man the Japanese called the "God of Strategy"—simply vanished into thin air. This is the story of how the mastermind of the Sook Ching massacres escaped justice, built a bestselling career from his crimes, and disappeared forever into the jungles of Laos. The Architect of Mass Murder By the time the Japanese 25th Army stormed down the Malay Peninsula in December 1941, Colonel Masanobu Tsuji was already a legend in the Imperial Japanese Army. He had planned the invasion of Malaya with ruthless precision, scheduling his attacks to fall on British military holidays to maximize surprise. His tactics were brilliant. His methods were savage. But it was in Singapore that Tsuji's true nature was revealed. According to postwar testimony, Ts...