War crimes, genocide, and justice : a global history

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Author:

Crowe, David M., auteur.

ISBN:

9780230622241

Personal Author:

Crowe, David M., auteur.

Physical Description:

viii, 501 pages ; 25 cm

General Note:

Index: pages 481-501.

Contents:

Crimes of war : antiquity to the middle ages -- War and crimes in China and post-medieval Europe -- Colonialism : the Americas, Asia, and Africa -- Birth of the modern laws of war : Eichmann, Lieber to Versailles -- Peace, law, and the crimes of World War II -- The Nuremberg IMT trial -- The Tokyo IMT trial -- Post-World War II national trials in Europe and Asia -- The genocide and Geneva conventions : Lemkin, Tibet, Guatemala, and the Korean war -- IHL : Soviet-Afghan war, Saddam Hussein, ad hoc tribunals, and Guantánamo -- Epilogue : the ICC.

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Summary

In this sweeping, definitive work, historian David Crowe offers an unflinching account of the long and troubled history of genocide and war crimes. From ancient atrocities to more recent horrors, he traces their disturbing consistency but also the heroic efforts made to break seemingly intractable patterns of violence and retribution.