Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia: Trial by Army
Author:   Louise Barnett (Rutgers University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415556408


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   21 January 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Using individual judicial proceedings held within war-time Southeast Asia, this book analyses how the American military legal system handled crimes against civilians and determines what these cases reveal about the way that war produces atrocity against civilians.

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Author:   Louise Barnett (Rutgers University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9780415556408


ISBN 10:   0415556406
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   21 January 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Part 1: War in the Philippines 1. Mr. Root’s Atrocity Trials 2. The Real Atrocity Trials Part 2: American Prosecution of Japanese War Crimes in the Philippines 3. MacArthur and Yamashita Part 3: From Lanang to Danang: The Philippine War Writ Large in Vietnam 4. Anatomy of an Atrocity: Captain Vincent Hartmann and the Trial that Wasn’t 5. My Lai: Crossing the Line

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Louise Barnett is Professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA. Her research interests are military culture and history. She is the author of Touched by Fire, a biography of George Armstrong Custer, and Ungentlemanly Acts: The Army’s Notorious Incest Trial.

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