How America Gets Away with Murder

Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

In Kosovo, America claimed its war was a 'humanitarian intervention,' in Afghanistan, 'self-defense,' and in Iraq, it claimed the authority of the Security Council of the United Nations. Yet each of these wars was illegal according to established rules of international law. According to these rules, illegal wars fall within the category of 'supreme international crimes'. So how come the war crimes tribunals never manage to turn their sights on America and always wind up putting America's enemies - 'the usual suspects' - on trial?This new book by renowned scholar Michael Mandel offers a critical account of America's illegal wars and a war crimes system that has granted America's leaders an unjust and dangerous impunity, effectively encouraging their illegal wars and the war crimes that always flow from them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-07-20
Mått:150 x 230 x 19 mm
Vikt:464 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745321516

Utforska kategorier

Korruption inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Michael Mandel is Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada. He has also taught law at universities in Italy and in Israel, and frequently appears as a commentator on radio and television both in Canada and abroad. In 1999 he led an international effort to have NATO leaders prosecuted for crimes against humanity committed during the Kosovo war. He is currently co-Chair of Lawyers Against the War, founded in Canada in 2001 with members in thirteen countries. He is a contributor to Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent, edited by Phil Scraton (Pluto Press, 2002).

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'Exciting, original, and completely convincing. This book is essential reading for anybody who wants to understand how the law really works in international affairs, and it throws a great deal of light on those international affairs themselves'

Innehållsförteckning

PART I: ILLEGAL WARS / COLLATERAL DAMAGE1. Iraq 2003 2. Afghanistan 20013. Kosovo 1999 PART II: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY4. The War Crimes Tribunal5. The Trial of Milosevic6. America Gets Away with Murder7. Rounding up the Usual Suspects while America Gets Away with Murder