ISBN10: 0231120516, ISBN13: 9780231120517, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Softcover Paperback. When does the waging of war become a criminal act? And who is in a position to judge? Ranging from the American Indian wars to the Civil War to World War I, and culminating with the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials following the Second World War, Peter Maguire provides much-needed historical perspective on the crucial and ever more urgent issues of war and justice. His examples illustrate the gradations of political justice and the perpetual redefinition of war crimes across three continents and more than a century of American foreign policy. In his investigation of such inquiries as the Sioux trials, Wirz trial, Leipzig trials, and the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials following World War II, Maguire agrees that war crimes proceedings on any scale warrant the term "political justice." His examples illustrate the gradations of political justice across three continents and a century of American involvement. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Covers lie flat with light to med wear to corners, pages are clean and unmarked in a tight binding Date: 2002. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231120516 9780231120517 [US]