03828nam 2200745 a 450 991045473800332120200520144314.01-78371-913-31-84964-211-71-281-75020-497866117502061-4356-6146-X(CKB)1000000000533572(StDuBDS)AH22933503(SSID)ssj0000518368(PQKBManifestationID)12179553(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518368(PQKBWorkID)10491720(PQKB)10485481(SSID)ssj0000173395(PQKBManifestationID)12037335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173395(PQKBWorkID)10163811(PQKB)10952490(MiAaPQ)EBC3386450(Au-PeEL)EBL3386450(CaPaEBR)ebr10480050(CaONFJC)MIL175020(OCoLC)244441203(EXLCZ)99100000000053357220040311d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrHow America gets away with murder[electronic resource] illegal wars, collateral damage and crimes against humanity /Michael MandelLondon ;Ann Arbor, Mich. Pluto Press20041 online resource (320 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2151-8 0-7453-2152-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Illegal wars/collateral damage -- Crimes against humanity.pt. 1. Illegal wars/collateral damage -- pt. 2. Crimes agains humanity.Exciting, original, and completely convincing ... This book is essential reading for anybody who wants to understand how the law really works in international affairs, and it throws a great deal of light on those international affairs themselves.; Edward S. Herman; This closely reasoned and carefully documented study is sad and grim, and necessary. Unless its lessons are heeded by citizens of the rich and powerful states, the fate of the world will be left to the whim of those with the guns and the faith to enforce their will.; Noam Chomsky They call it; collateral damage,; but legally and morally it is really mass murder. In Kosovo, America claimed its war was a; humanitarian intervention,; in Afghanistan; self-defense; and in Iraq, it claimed the authority of the Security Council of the United Nations. Yet each of these wars was illegal according to established rules of international law. According to these rules, illegal wars fall within the category of; supreme international crimes; . So how come the war crimes tribunals never manage to turn their sights on America and always wind up putting America's enemies -- the usual suspects -- on trial?This new book by renowned scholar Michael Mandel offers a critical account of America's illegal wars and a war crimes system that has granted America's leaders an unjust and dangerous impunity, effectively encouraging their illegal wars and the war crimes that always flow from them.Aggression (International law)War (International law)War crimesCrimes against humanityUnited StatesForeign relations2001-2009Electronic books.Aggression (International law)War (International law)War crimes.Crimes against humanity.345/.0235Mandel Michael316727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454738003321How America gets away with murder1057417UNINA