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Hitler's generals on trial : the last war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg /

"By prosecuting war crimes, the Nuremberg trials sought to educate West Germans about their criminal past, provoke their total rejection of Nazism, and convert them to democracy. More than all of the other Nuremberg proceedings, the High Command case against fourteen of Hitler's generals e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hébert, Valerie, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2010.
Colección:Modern war studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction
  • From war crimes to war crimes trials : the evolution of American judicial policy, 1942 to 1948
  • The response to the trials : attacks on all sides, 1946 to 1949
  • Prosecuting Hitler's high command : U.S. v. Wilhelm von Leeb et al.
  • The soldiers' defense
  • Presiding Judge John Carlton Young and the high command case judgment
  • The debate over imprisoned soldiers and the politics of punishment, 1949 to 1952
  • Setting the war criminals free : the interim and mixed clemency and parole boards, 1953 to 1958
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1 : The high command case
  • Appendix 2 : German Army field formations and basic command structure
  • Appendix 3 : Wartime positions of the high command case field commanders
  • Appendix 4 : The high command case defendants' sentence expiration and parole and clemency release dates.