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Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945-1960 (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
Kerstin Von Lingen
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Description for Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945-1960 (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
Hardcover. In 1947 German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes committed during World War II. The author's close analysis of the Kesselring case reveals how a network of veterans, lawyers, and German sympathizers in Britain and America achieved the commutation of Kesselring's death sentence and his eventual release. Translator(s): Klemm, Alexandra. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
In 1947 German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes committed during World War II. He was held responsible for his troops having executed nearly 9,000 Italian citizens - women, children, elderly men - in retaliation for partisan attacks. His conviction, however, created a real dilemma for the United States and western Europe. While some sought the harshest punishments available for anyone who had participated in the war crimes of the Nazi regime, others believed that the repatriation of alleged war criminals would help secure the allegiance of a rearmed West Germany in the dangerous new ... Read more
In 1947 German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes committed during World War II. He was held responsible for his troops having executed nearly 9,000 Italian citizens - women, children, elderly men - in retaliation for partisan attacks. His conviction, however, created a real dilemma for the United States and western Europe. While some sought the harshest punishments available for anyone who had participated in the war crimes of the Nazi regime, others believed that the repatriation of alleged war criminals would help secure the allegiance of a rearmed West Germany in the dangerous new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616411
SKU
V9780700616411
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About Kerstin Von Lingen
Kerstin von Lingen teaches at Eberhard-Karls University, Tubingen, and Rupprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg.
Reviews for Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945-1960 (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
Historians have analyzed the postwar trials of German officers before, but none have done it so brilliantly. While truth may be the first casualty in war, Von Lingen shows that it often suffers in peacetime as well. A fascinating and essential book. Robert M. Citino, author of Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 ""A superb study that ... Read more