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Author Hagopian, Patrick.
Title American immunity : war crimes and the limits of international law / Patrick Hagopian, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston.
Publication Info Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.


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Contents "A very simple provision" : the uniform code of military justice and the jurisdictional gap -- "Treaty law" and "murdering wives" : the widening of the jurisdictional gap -- "A very undesirable situation" : Sam Ervin and the constitutional rights subcommittee -- "Uncharted legal waters" : the My Lai Massacre and the Jordan memorandum -- A "tragedy of major proportions" : the peers inquiry and the house subcommittee report -- "Inexcusable and terrible" : the Calley Conviction and the abandonment of the effort to try the My Lai veterans -- "Why can't we just shoot them all?" MEJA and the first prosecutions in federal district courts -- Conclusion : "The One Significant Holdout."
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ISBN 9781613762844 (electronic bk.)
1613762844 (electronic bk.)
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Author Hagopian, Patrick.
Series Culture, politics, and the Cold War
Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject Veterans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Retired military personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Military privileges and immunities -- United States.
War crimes -- History.
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Atrocities.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages).
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Contents "A very simple provision" : the uniform code of military justice and the jurisdictional gap -- "Treaty law" and "murdering wives" : the widening of the jurisdictional gap -- "A very undesirable situation" : Sam Ervin and the constitutional rights subcommittee -- "Uncharted legal waters" : the My Lai Massacre and the Jordan memorandum -- A "tragedy of major proportions" : the peers inquiry and the house subcommittee report -- "Inexcusable and terrible" : the Calley Conviction and the abandonment of the effort to try the My Lai veterans -- "Why can't we just shoot them all?" MEJA and the first prosecutions in federal district courts -- Conclusion : "The One Significant Holdout."
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781613762844 (electronic bk.)
1613762844 (electronic bk.)
Author Hagopian, Patrick.
Series Culture, politics, and the Cold War
Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject Veterans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Retired military personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Military privileges and immunities -- United States.
War crimes -- History.
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Atrocities.

Subject Veterans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Retired military personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Military privileges and immunities -- United States.
War crimes -- History.
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Atrocities.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents "A very simple provision" : the uniform code of military justice and the jurisdictional gap -- "Treaty law" and "murdering wives" : the widening of the jurisdictional gap -- "A very undesirable situation" : Sam Ervin and the constitutional rights subcommittee -- "Uncharted legal waters" : the My Lai Massacre and the Jordan memorandum -- A "tragedy of major proportions" : the peers inquiry and the house subcommittee report -- "Inexcusable and terrible" : the Calley Conviction and the abandonment of the effort to try the My Lai veterans -- "Why can't we just shoot them all?" MEJA and the first prosecutions in federal district courts -- Conclusion : "The One Significant Holdout."
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781613762844 (electronic bk.)
1613762844 (electronic bk.)
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