| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 64 |
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Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 64.
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| Contents |
Part I. War in the Philippines. Mr. Root's atrocity trials ; The real atrocity trials -- Part II. The American prosecution of Japanese war crimes in the Philippines. Macarthur and Yamashita -- Part III. From Lanang to Danag: The Philippine War writ large. Anatomy of an atrocity: Captain Vincent Hartmann and the trial that wasn't ; My Lai: crossing the line |
| Summary |
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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"This book is an examination of American army legal proceedings that resulted from a series of moments when soldiers in a war zone crossed a line between performing their legitimate functions and committing crimes against civilians, or atrocities. Using individual judicial proceedings held within war-time Southeast Asia, Louise Barnett 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. Presenting these atrocities and subsequent trials in a way that considers both the personal and the institutional the author considers how and why atrocity happens, the terrain of justification, and the degree to which the army and American society have been willing to take military crimes against civilians seriously."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (Taylor & Francis Group platform, viewed January 22, 2019) |
| Subject |
War crime trials -- United States
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Southeast Asia
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Atrocities.
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LAW -- Taxation.
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Atrocities
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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War crime trials
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| SUBJECT |
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Atrocities
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| Subject |
Philippines
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Southeast Asia
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203861578 |
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0203861574 |
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9781135172367 |
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1135172366 |
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9781135172312 |
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1135172315 |
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9781135172350 |
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1135172358 |
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