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Brode Patrick |
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Casual slaughters and accidental judgments : Canadian war crimes prosecutions, 1944-1948 / / Patrick Brode |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
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©1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Collana |
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Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities |
War crime trials - Canada |
War criminals - Germany |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-273) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rumours of Murder -- 2. Murder Division -- 3. Indifference to the 'War Crimes Business7 -- 4. Questions of Partiality -- 5. Brigadeführer on Trial -- 6. But for the Grace of God -- 7. Shot like Wild Animals -- 8. Opladen: The Forgotten Case -- 9. Hong Kong: The Law of the Imperial Japanese Army -- 10. The Japanese Trials: Camp Guards and the Architects of War -- 11. 'Siegergericht′ -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- Appendix. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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War crimes prosecutions create unique difficulties as civilian standards of law are applied to the extraordinary circumstances of war. Governments are often surprisingly hesitant to pursue war criminals. Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of such issues in Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgements, a history of Canada’s prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War. It is a history that includes personalities such as Lt. Col. Bruce Macdonald, whose persistence overcame Ottawa’s reluctance to pursue the ‘war crimes business,’ and SS Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer, whose last-minute |
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