Author: Erwin Knoll
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Consists of an edited transcript of the proceedings of the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, Washington, D.C., 1970, and supplementary material contributed by the participants.
War Crimes and the American Conscience
Author: Erwin Knoll
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Consists of an edited transcript of the proceedings of the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, Washington, D.C., 1970, and supplementary material contributed by the participants.
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Consists of an edited transcript of the proceedings of the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, Washington, D.C., 1970, and supplementary material contributed by the participants.
War Crime and American Conscience
Author: Erwin Knoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Outraged Conscience
Author: Rochelle G. Saidel
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438418485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Motivated by moral outrage, a small number of individuals in America today is vigorously protesting the presence here of accused Nazi war criminals and collaborators. The Outraged Conscience documents their individual efforts. A vital addition to the literature on the Holocaust, this book looks closely at the separate activities of these dedicated seekers of justice. It reveals that they are a diverse lot, each with different reasons for total commitment to the issue. The Outraged Conscience also probes more general moral questions: Can there be valid justification for the United States government allowing Nazi war criminals to enter the country and, in some cases, employing them? Is there a satisfactory explanation for the years of inaction by government officials, major American Jewish organizations, veteran groups, and the news media on this practice? The lives, stories, and reasons for involvement of these justice seekers are part of modern American history. This book puts their stories on the record.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438418485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Motivated by moral outrage, a small number of individuals in America today is vigorously protesting the presence here of accused Nazi war criminals and collaborators. The Outraged Conscience documents their individual efforts. A vital addition to the literature on the Holocaust, this book looks closely at the separate activities of these dedicated seekers of justice. It reveals that they are a diverse lot, each with different reasons for total commitment to the issue. The Outraged Conscience also probes more general moral questions: Can there be valid justification for the United States government allowing Nazi war criminals to enter the country and, in some cases, employing them? Is there a satisfactory explanation for the years of inaction by government officials, major American Jewish organizations, veteran groups, and the news media on this practice? The lives, stories, and reasons for involvement of these justice seekers are part of modern American history. This book puts their stories on the record.
War Crimes and the American Conscience
Author: Erwin Knoll
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Consists of an edited transcript of the proceedings of the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, Washington, D.C., 1970, and supplementary material contributed by the participants.
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Consists of an edited transcript of the proceedings of the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, Washington, D.C., 1970, and supplementary material contributed by the participants.
Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience
Author: Walter A. Jackson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146962060X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic scholar, policymaker, and activist came to shape a consensus on one of America's most explosive public issues.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146962060X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic scholar, policymaker, and activist came to shape a consensus on one of America's most explosive public issues.
Shocking the Conscience of Humanity
Author: Margaret M. deGuzman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198786158
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The most commonly cited justification for international criminal law is that it addresses crimes of such gravity that they "shock the conscience of humanity." From decisions about how to define crimes and when to exercise jurisdiction, to limitations on defences and sentencing determinations, gravity rhetoric permeates the discourse of international criminal law. Yet the concept of gravity has thus far remained highly undertheorized. This book uncovers the consequences for the regime's legitimacy of its heavy reliance on the poorly understood idea of gravity. Margaret M. deGuzman argues that gravity's ambiguity may at times enable a thin consensus to emerge around decisions, such as the creation of an institution or the definition of a crime, but that, increasingly, it undermines efforts to build a strong and resilient global justice community. The book suggests ways to reconceptualize gravity in line with global values and goals to better support the long-term legitimacy of international criminal law.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198786158
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The most commonly cited justification for international criminal law is that it addresses crimes of such gravity that they "shock the conscience of humanity." From decisions about how to define crimes and when to exercise jurisdiction, to limitations on defences and sentencing determinations, gravity rhetoric permeates the discourse of international criminal law. Yet the concept of gravity has thus far remained highly undertheorized. This book uncovers the consequences for the regime's legitimacy of its heavy reliance on the poorly understood idea of gravity. Margaret M. deGuzman argues that gravity's ambiguity may at times enable a thin consensus to emerge around decisions, such as the creation of an institution or the definition of a crime, but that, increasingly, it undermines efforts to build a strong and resilient global justice community. The book suggests ways to reconceptualize gravity in line with global values and goals to better support the long-term legitimacy of international criminal law.
Genocide, Mass Atrocity, and War Crimes in Modern History
Author: James Larry Taulbee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440829853
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Defining "genocide" as an international crime, this two-volume set provides a comparative study of historical cases of genocide and mass atrocity—clearly identifying the factors that produced the attitudes and behaviors that led to them—discusses the reasons for rules in war, and examines how the five principles laid out in the Geneva Conventions and other international agreements have functioned in modern warfare. Written by an expert on international politics and law, Genocide, Mass Atrocity, and War Crimes in Modern History: Blood and Conscience is an easy-to-understand resource that explains why genocides and other atrocities occur, why humanity saw the need to create rules that apply during war, and how culture, rules about war, and the nature of war intersect. The first volume addresses the history and development of the normative regime(s) that define genocide and mass atrocity. Through a comparative study of historical cases that pay particular attention to the factors involved in producing the attitudes and behaviors that led to the incidents of mass slaughter and mistreatment, the author identifies the reasons that genocides and mass atrocities in the 20th century were largely ignored until the early 1990s and why even starting then, responses were inconsistent. The second book discusses why rules in war exist, which factors may lead to the adoption of rules, what defines a war "crime," and how the five fundamental principles laid out in the Geneva Conventions and other international agreements have actually functioned in modern warfare. It also poses—and answers—the interesting question of why we should obey rules when our opponents do not. The final chapter examines what actions could serve to identify future situations in which mass atrocities may occur and identifies the problems of timely humanitarian intervention in international affairs.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440829853
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Defining "genocide" as an international crime, this two-volume set provides a comparative study of historical cases of genocide and mass atrocity—clearly identifying the factors that produced the attitudes and behaviors that led to them—discusses the reasons for rules in war, and examines how the five principles laid out in the Geneva Conventions and other international agreements have functioned in modern warfare. Written by an expert on international politics and law, Genocide, Mass Atrocity, and War Crimes in Modern History: Blood and Conscience is an easy-to-understand resource that explains why genocides and other atrocities occur, why humanity saw the need to create rules that apply during war, and how culture, rules about war, and the nature of war intersect. The first volume addresses the history and development of the normative regime(s) that define genocide and mass atrocity. Through a comparative study of historical cases that pay particular attention to the factors involved in producing the attitudes and behaviors that led to the incidents of mass slaughter and mistreatment, the author identifies the reasons that genocides and mass atrocities in the 20th century were largely ignored until the early 1990s and why even starting then, responses were inconsistent. The second book discusses why rules in war exist, which factors may lead to the adoption of rules, what defines a war "crime," and how the five fundamental principles laid out in the Geneva Conventions and other international agreements have actually functioned in modern warfare. It also poses—and answers—the interesting question of why we should obey rules when our opponents do not. The final chapter examines what actions could serve to identify future situations in which mass atrocities may occur and identifies the problems of timely humanitarian intervention in international affairs.
Is Conscience a Crime?
Author: Norman Thomas
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
In this incendiary book, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel and mounts a devastating indictment of Henry Kissinger, whose ambitions and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
In this incendiary book, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel and mounts a devastating indictment of Henry Kissinger, whose ambitions and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.
War and Conscience in America
Author: Long Edward le Roy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780259642947
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780259642947
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description