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Autore |
Hagopian Patrick |
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Titolo |
American immunity : war crimes and the limits of international law / / Patrick Hagopian |
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Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Collana |
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Culture, Politics, and the Cold War |
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Soggetti |
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Veterans - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Retired military personnel - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Military privileges and immunities - United States |
War crimes - History |
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968 |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Atrocities |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"A very simple provision" : the uniform code of military justice and the jurisdictional gap -- "Treaty law" and "murdering wives" : the widening of the jurisdictional gap -- "A very undesirable situation" : Sam Ervin and the constitutional rights subcommittee -- "Uncharted legal waters" : the My Lai Massacre and the Jordan memorandum -- A "tragedy of major proportions" : the peers inquiry and the house subcommittee report -- "Inexcusable and terrible" : the Calley Conviction and the abandonment of the effort to try the My Lai veterans -- "Why can't we just shoot them all?" MEJA and the first prosecutions in federal district courts -- Conclusion : "The One Significant Holdout." |
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