"In War of Annihilation, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a clear, concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, Megargee dispels the myths that have distorte…
"This book traces the evolution of crimes against humanity (CAH) and their application from the end of World War I to the present day, in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject-matter content. The first part of the book addresses general issues pertaining to the categ…
"This book traces the evolution of crimes against humanity (CAH) and their application from the end of World War I to the present day, in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject-matter content. The first part of the book addresses general issues pertaining to the categ…
"This book traces the evolution of crimes against humanity (CAH) and their application from the end of World War I to the present day, in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject-matter content. The first part of the book addresses general issues pertaining to the categ…
"This book traces the evolution of crimes against humanity (CAH) and their application from the end of World War I to the present day, in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject-matter content. The first part of the book addresses general issues pertaining to the categ…
The hidden histories of war crimes trials
The hidden histories of war crimes trials
Several instances of war crimes trials are familiar to all scholars, but in order to advance understanding of the development of international criminal law, it is important to provide a full range of evidence from less-familiar trials. This book therefore provides an essential r…
Though initially recorded by British intelligence with the intention of gaining information that might be useful for the Allied war effort, the matters discussed in these conversations ultimately proved to be limited in that regard. But they would supply a unique and profoundly …
Why do international criminal tribunals write histories of the origins and causes of armed conflicts? Richard Ashby Wilson conducted research with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and expert witnesses in three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and hist…
"This book uses empirical research on three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom." "Why do international criminal tribunals write histories of the origins and causes of armed conflicts? Richard Ashby Wilson conducted e…
"This book uses empirical research on three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom"-- "Why do international criminal tribunals write histories of the origins and causes of armed conflicts? Richard Ashby Wilson conducted …
Eriksson (Orebro U., Sweden) seeks to systematize the regulations concerning the prohibition on rape, and its definition in public international law, comparing the areas of international human rights law, international criminal law, and international humanitarian law and focusin…
"Genocide and war crimes are increasingly the focus of scholarly and activist attention. Much controversy exists over how, precisely, these grim phenomena should be defined and conceptualized. Genocide, War Crimes and the West tackles this controversy, and clarifies our understa…
"The Complicated Story of how West Germans recast the recent past after the Second World War is powerfully conveyed in Robert G. Moeller's highly original study. Moeller rejects earlier characterizations of a postwar West Germany dominated by attitudes of "forgetting" or silence…