War crimes, genocide, and justice : a global history /
David M. Crowe.
- First edition.
- viii, 501 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Crimes of war : antiquity to the middle ages -- War and crimes in China and post-medieval Europe -- Crimes and colonialism -- Birth of the modern laws of war : Lieber to Versailles -- Peace, law, and the crimes of World War II -- The Nuremberg IMT trial -- The Tokyo IMT trial -- Post-World War II national trials in Europe and Asia -- The genocide and Geneva conventions : Lemkin, Tibet, Guatemala, and the Korean war -- IHL : Soviet-Afghan war, Saddam Hussein, ad hoc tribunals, and Guant�anamo -- Epilogue : the ICC.
War crimes--History. Genocide--History. International criminal courts--History--20th century. Internationale Strafgerichtsbarkeit. Justizverwaltung. Kriegsverbrechen. V�olkermord. Genocide. International criminal courts. War crimes.