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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781015403321

Autore

Maguire Peter (Peter H.)

Titolo

Law and war [[electronic resource] ] : international law & American history / / Peter Maguire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-87217-6

9786612872174

0-231-51819-6

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

341.6/9

Soggetti

War crimes

War (International law)

Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949

United States Foreign relations 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This is a revised edition of Law and War : an American Story."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CONCLUSION; POSTSCRIPT; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this classic text, Peter Maguire follows America's legal relationship with war, both before and after the Nuremberg trials of the 1940's. Maguire argues that the precedents set by the trials were nothing less than revolutionary, and he traces the development of these new attitudes throughout American history. The text has been revised throughout, with a new preface and postscript discussing the George W. Bush administration's attempt to rewrite the laws of war after 9/11. Maguire connects these efforts to the decline in American power and reputation. Praise for the