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Yamashita's ghost : war crimes, MacArthur's justice, and command accountability /

"Drawing directly from the tribunal's long-neglected transcripts, Ryan ... chronicles this tragic tale and its personalities. His ... analysis of the case's lingering question -- should a commander be held accountable for the crimes of his troops, even if he has no knowledge of them -...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ryan, Allan A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2012.
Colección:Modern war studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Law and war
  • Tomoyuki Yamashita
  • Malaya and Singapore
  • Leyte
  • Luzon
  • Military commissions
  • The charge : the accountability of command
  • The prosecution : the hearsay problem
  • The prosecution : the victims
  • The prosecution : the defense scores
  • The prosecution : the conclusion
  • The defense : setting the stage
  • The defense : Yamashita testifies
  • The verdict
  • The aftermath
  • The Supreme Court
  • The forties : Nuremberg and Tokyo
  • The seventies : My Lai
  • The twenty-first century : tribunals
  • Today.