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A thoughtful and sobering work. HEbert delivers a complicated story with clarity and balance: a story of noble ideals that fell short in practice, of national selfdelusion and political compromise, of revealed truths that took generations to sink in, and of legal innovations that still affect us today. - Geoffrey P. Megargee, author of Inside Hitler's High Command HEbert tells a cautionary tale of direct relevance to the work of international prosecutors and does a fine job of highlighting the conflict between justice and politics in moments of democratic transition. - Lawrence Douglas, author of The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust

An insightful and lucid discussion of the legal and political complexities of one of the most significant trials of the postwar period. . . . An important corrective to an increasingly revisionist and overtly critical historiography of Nuremberg.--American Historical ReviewAn outstanding contribution to a field increasingly crowded with impressive studies. Valerie Genevieve Hebert's book breaks new ground. Hebert presents a thorough analysis of a single incident, which she places in historical perspective, some sixty years after the event under discussion. It is an outstanding contribution to a field increasingly crowded with impressive studies . . . .Hebert has produced a work that forces the reader to consider difficult questions of what humans owe to each other, how that is assessed, and how and when such a bill is paid. Her book is strongly recommended.--H-LAW Review A remarkable book.--New Books in History Well researched, deftly organized, and highly readable history of the so-called High Command Case, . . . Highly recommended to those interested in post-war Germany, the Nuremburg Trials, and international military justice. A model of organization and with extensive notes and appendices, Hebert's highly readable narrative provides English audiences access to a previously untapped resource.--Military Review A thoughtful and sobering work. Hebert delivers a complicated story with clarity and balance: a story of noble ideals that fell short in practice, of national selfdelusion and political compromise, of revealed truths that took generations to sink in, and of legal innovations that still affect us today.--Geoffrey P. Megargee, author of Inside Hitler's High Command Hebert tells a cautionary tale of direct relevance to the work of international prosecutors and does a fine job of highlighting the conflict between justice and politics in moments of democratic transition.--Lawrence Douglas, author of The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust

A thoughtful and sobering work. Hebert delivers a complicated story with clarity and balance: a story of noble ideals that fell short in practice, of national selfdelusion and political compromise, of revealed truths that took generations to sink in, and of legal innovations that still affect us today.--Geoffrey P. Megargee, author of Inside Hitler's High Command Hebert tells a cautionary tale of direct relevance to the work of international prosecutors and does a fine job of highlighting the conflict between justice and politics in moments of democratic transition.--Lawrence Douglas, author of The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust

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Valerie HÉbert teaches on genocide and the history of the Holocaust at the University of Toronto and has held fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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