Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia: Trial by Army

by Louise Barnett

Book Overview

This book is an examination of American army legal proceedings that resulted from a series of moments when soldiers in a war zone crossed a line between performing their legitimate functions and committing crimes against civilians, or atrocities.

Using individual judicial proceedings held within war-time Southeast Asia, Louise Barnett analyses how the American military legal system handled crimes against civilians and determines what these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415677556
• ISBN13: 9780415677554
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"