LEADER 02920cam a2200361Ia 4500001    28053
005    20240621143522.0
008    980409s1993    xx      r     000 0 eng d
035    (OCoLC)38193451
035    28053
049    LHMA
040    LHM |beng |erda |cLHM
090    JX5439.8 |b.M34 1993
100 1  Maguire, Peter Harlan.
245 10 Nuremberg : |ba cold war conflict of interest / |cPeter Harlan Maguire.
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c1993.
300    xx, 414 pages
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
502    Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1993.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-414).
520     This dissertation examines the Allied and American war crimes prosecutions that came after World War II. The vanquished were not simply charged with violations of the laws of war and executed. Military leaders, political figures, businessmen, lawyers, doctors, and diplomats faced charges of aggression, conspiracy, and crimes against humanity. What were these new criminal categories, would they crumble under the weight of national interest? Chapter I offers a brief overview of the traditions of war and statecraft in the era of the sovereign nation state. Did the American entry into world and European politics in the late nineteenth century overturn European traditions in the conduct of international politics? How did the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles, and the League of Nations differ from the way in which wars had previously ended? Chapter II charts the course of America's progressive war crimes plan. Was this a radical departure from customary methods? Who supported it, who opposed it and what were their motives? Chapter III charts the progress of the Ministries case, the final American trial at Nuremberg. The narrative intertwines Cold War history, trial history, and the personal experiences of one American judge in an effort to see how international politics influenced one trial of high ranking German war criminals. Chapter IV asks how and why the German war criminals were released. Was this the result of Cold War exigency or an overambitious policy that failed to pay attention to traditional international political arrangements?
530    Electronic version(s)  |bavailable internally at USHMM.
533    Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d1997. |e22 cm.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
650  0 Judges |zUnited States.
650  0 Cold War.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAtrocities.
956 41  |uhttp://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib28053/9522922.pdf |zHosted by USHMM.
852 0   |bstacks |hJX5439.8 .M34 1993
852     |bebook