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Author: Dan Plesch ,
Benjamin B. Ferencz ,
Dan Plesch ,
Dan Plesch
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Imprint: Georgetown University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9781626164314
ISBN 10: 1626164312
Pages: 271
Publication Date: 20 April 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The author must be congratulated for his personal efforts in securing the release of the archive as well as for this well-written history of how a valuable legal resource was kept for decades hidden from the public in denial of their right to know. * Irish Times * Revelatory . . . Those interested in the development of human rights and justice will find this work essential reading. * Choice * This is a well-researched and well-argued book. * The London Moment *
Revelatory . . . Those interested in the development of human rights and justice will find this work essential reading. * Choice * This is a well-researched and well-argued book. * The London Moment * [An] important book . . . With so few survivors of the Holocaust alive today to give testimony the detailed accounts contained within, the UNWCC archives should be heard widely in order to counter those who still deny the horrors of the Holocaust. For every opponent of fascism this book is an essential read. * International Socialism * The author must be congratulated for his personal efforts in securing the release of the archive as well as for this well-written history of how a valuable legal resource was kept for decades hidden from the public in denial of their right to know. * Irish Times * Dan Plesch's admirable new study aims to bring attention to the significance of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC, 1943–48) in facilitating the prosecution of war crimes across Europe and Asia after the Second World War. * Michigan War Studies Review *
Revelatory . . . Those interested in the development of human rights and justice will find this work essential reading. * Choice * This is a well-researched and well-argued book. * The London Moment *
[An] important book . . . With so few survivors of the Holocaust alive today to give testimony the detailed accounts contained within, the UNWCC archives should be heard widely in order to counter those who still deny the horrors of the Holocaust. For every opponent of fascism this book is an essential read. --International Socialism This is a well-researched and well-argued book. --The London Moment Revelatory . . . Those interested in the development of human rights and justice will find this work essential reading. --Choice The author must be congratulated for his personal efforts in securing the release of the archive as well as for this well-written history of how a valuable legal resource was kept for decades hidden from the public in denial of their right to know. --Irish Times
Author Information
Dan Plesch is director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of America, Hitler and the UN, coeditor of Wartime Origins and the Future United Nations, and has been a frequent contributor to the Guardian and other media.
