Law and war : international law & American history

Law and war : international law & American history / Peter Maguire.

In this classic text, Peter Maguire follows America's legal relationship with war, both before and after the Nuremberg trials of the 1940s. Maguire argues that the precedents set by the trials were nothing less than revolutionary, and he traces the development of these new attitudes throughout...

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Main Author: Maguire, Peter (Peter H.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
War crimes.
War (International law)
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
LAW > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations
War crimes
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Germany > Nuremberg
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • The end of limited war
  • The changing rules of war and peace
  • The American war crimes program
  • A shift in priorities
  • Nuremberg : a cold war conflict of interest
  • The rapid liquidation of the war crimes problem.

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