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Auteur(s) : Weingartner, James J. (1940-....)
Titre(s) : Americans, Germans and war crimes justice [Texte imprimé] : law, memory and "the good war" / James J. Weingartner
Publication : Santa Barbara (Calif.) : Praeger, c2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii-231 p.-[6] p. of pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 1.War Crimes and the Law of War ; 2.Building a Case ; 3.A Town Brought to Trial ;
4."Worms on the Ground" ; 5.Divided Counsel ; 6.Fed to the Lions ; 7.Germans as
Victims ; 8.Post trial Drama ; 9.Two Kinds of Justice? ; 10.Memory ; 11.August
4, 2003.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-223) and index
During World War II, both Americans and Germans committed war crimes, but the ways
in which the U.S. Army dealt with crimes committed by their own soldiers were drastically
different from its treatment of German atrocities. In fact, by the standards the U.S.
Army used to try enemy commanders for war crimes, General George Patton could have
been prosecuted as a war criminal. -- ; World War II involved an unprecedented example
of state-directed and ideologically motivated genocide--the Holocaust. Beyond this
horrific, premeditated war crime perpetrated on a colossal scale, there were also
isolated and spontaneous war crimes committed by both German and U.S. forces. -- ;
The book is focused on two World War II atrocities--one committed by Germans and the
other by Americans. The author carefully examines how the U.S. Army treated each crime
and gives accounts of the atrocities from both German and American perspectives. The
two events are contextualized within multiple frameworks: the international law of
war, the phenomenon of war criminality in World War II, and German and American collective
memories of World War II. Americans, Germans, and War Crimes Justice: Law, Memory,
and "The Good War" provides a fresh and comprehensive perspective on the complex and
sensitive subject of World War II war crimes and justice. --Book Jacket
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Atrocités -- Allemagne
Prisonniers de guerre américains -- Crimes contre -- 1900-1945
Civils et guerre -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945
Crimes de guerre -- Procès
Histoire militaire -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780313381928 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0313381925 (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780313381935
(ebook). - ISBN 0313381933 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42652540x
Notice n° :
FRBNF42652540
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