Ending war crimes, chasing the war criminals / Jonathan Power.
2017
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Title
Ending war crimes, chasing the war criminals / Jonathan Power.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xiii, 136 pages ; 25 cm.
Series
Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; 47. 1388-3208.
Formatted Contents Note
Adolf Eichmann, the concentration camp boss : his escape, arrest and hanging
Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's deputy : from boyhood to chief murderer of the Jews
From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court
African war crimes and the pursuit of international justice
Western war criminals : McNamara, Kissinger, Bush and Blair
Ariel Sharon : Israel's war crimes general
Guatemala : "only political killings"
Bangladesh : a country looks backward
The Pinochet case
The killing fields : Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
The war in ex-Yugoslavia : the hunting down and trials of its leaders
War crimes can be committed when human rights are pursued by making war
Conclusion: The perspective from outer space.
Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's deputy : from boyhood to chief murderer of the Jews
From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court
African war crimes and the pursuit of international justice
Western war criminals : McNamara, Kissinger, Bush and Blair
Ariel Sharon : Israel's war crimes general
Guatemala : "only political killings"
Bangladesh : a country looks backward
The Pinochet case
The killing fields : Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
The war in ex-Yugoslavia : the hunting down and trials of its leaders
War crimes can be committed when human rights are pursued by making war
Conclusion: The perspective from outer space.
Summary
Until the publication of this book there has been no book on this important issue of our age. There are books on genocide, Cambodia, the International Court for Crimes Against Humanity, Henry Kissinger, etc. but no overview of the whole subject and its history. It begins with an analysis of the characters of Adolf Eichmann and Heinrich Himmler, the two men in charge of ?the Final Solution?. Neither men saw what they did as wrong. Himmler grew up in a sober, loving family yet turned into a monster. The book moves on to look at the role played by some of Africa?s war criminals and how they came for trial at the ICC. The Western world also has its alleged war criminals including the self-confessed war criminal Robert McNamara who led the war in Vietnam on behalf of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. There are portraits of Henry Kissinger, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, General Pinochet and General Sharon, all of whom many consider to be war criminals. Guatemala, said Amnesty International, was a country with ?no political prisoners, only political killings?. The author was the journalist responsible for proving that the president was personally directing the death squads which decimated Indian villages and opposition figures. The book also tracks the wars, the genocide and, later, the ICC trials in Cambodia and ex-Yugoslavia. In a final chapter, it asks the question: Can human rights be pursued by making war? The author has travelled to and reported from nearly all the countries he writes about --Source other than Library of Congress.
Note
Until the publication of this book there has been no book on this important issue of our age. There are books on genocide, Cambodia, the International Court for Crimes Against Humanity, Henry Kissinger, etc. but no overview of the whole subject and its history. It begins with an analysis of the characters of Adolf Eichmann and Heinrich Himmler, the two men in charge of ?the Final Solution?. Neither men saw what they did as wrong. Himmler grew up in a sober, loving family yet turned into a monster. The book moves on to look at the role played by some of Africa?s war criminals and how they came for trial at the ICC. The Western world also has its alleged war criminals including the self-confessed war criminal Robert McNamara who led the war in Vietnam on behalf of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. There are portraits of Henry Kissinger, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, General Pinochet and General Sharon, all of whom many consider to be war criminals. Guatemala, said Amnesty International, was a country with ?no political prisoners, only political killings?. The author was the journalist responsible for proving that the president was personally directing the death squads which decimated Indian villages and opposition figures. The book also tracks the wars, the genocide and, later, the ICC trials in Cambodia and ex-Yugoslavia. In a final chapter, it asks the question: Can human rights be pursued by making war? The author has travelled to and reported from nearly all the countries he writes about --Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
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Call Number
KZ7145 .P68 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9789004219144 (hardback)
9004219145 (hardback)
9004219145 (hardback)
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