Soviet Judgment At Nuremberg - A New History of International Military Tribunal After World War II

Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg reveals the pivotal role the Soviet Union played in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945 and 1946.

Sommario

• Introduction: The Untold Story
  


• Part I: The Road to Nuremberg


• Chapter One: When War Became a Crime


• Chapter Two: But What Is Justice?


• Chapter Three: Countdown to Indictment


• Chapter Four: Ready or Not
  


• Part II: The Prosecution's Case


• Chapter Five: The Trial Begins


• Chapter Six: Stuck on the Sidelines


• Chapter Seven: Course Corrections


• Chapter Eight: Bearing Witness
  


• Part III: The Defense Case


• Chapter Nine: The Cold War Comes to Nuremberg


• Chapter Ten: In the Name of a Fair Trial


• Chapter Eleven: Accusations and Counter-Accusations


• Chapter Twelve: The Katyn Showdown
  


• Part IV: Last Words and Judgments


• Chapter Thirteen: Collective Guilt and the Fate of Postwar Europe


• Chapter Fourteen: Judgment


• Chapter Fifteen: Beyond Nuremberg
  


• Acknowledgements


• Endnotes


• Research Note


• Notes and Sources


• Bibliographical Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading


• Index

Info autore

Francine Hirsch is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches Soviet and Modern European history. Her first book, Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union (2005), received several prizes, including the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize of the American Historical Association. She and her family live in Madison.

Riassunto

Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg reveals the pivotal role the Soviet Union played in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945 and 1946.

Testo aggiuntivo

Hirsch remind us that fairly prosecuting senior officials for high crimes is a monumental challenge well worth pursuing.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francine Hirsch, Francine (Professor of History Hirsch, Hirsch Francine
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.06.2020
• EAN: 9780199377930
• ISBN: 978-0-19-937793-0
• Pagine: 560
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LAW / International, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust