War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice [electronic resource] : A Global History /
Crowe, D.author.
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.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Crimes of War: Antiquity to the Middle Ages; 2 War and Crimes in China and Postmedieval Europe; 3 Colonialism: The Americas, Asia, and Africa; 4 Birth of the Modern Laws of War-Lieber to Versailles; 5 Peace, Law, and the Crimes of World War II; 6 The Nuremberg IMT Trial; 7 The Tokyo IMT Trial; 8 Post-World War II National Trials in Europe and Asia; 9 The Genocide and Geneva Conventions: Eichmann, Lemkin, Tibet, Guatemala, and the Korean War; 10 IHL: Soviet-Afghan War, Saddam Hussein, Ad Hoc Tribunals, and Guantánamo
Epilogue: The ICCNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Military history.
World history.
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Law.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
History of Military.
Human Rights.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.