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American Immunity
Patrick Hagopian
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Description for American Immunity
Paperback. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWXK; LBBS; LBBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
In 1955 the Supreme Court ruled that veterans of the U.S. armed forces could not be court-martialled for overseas crimes that were not detected until after they had left military service. Territorial limitations placed such acts beyond the jurisdiction of civilian courts, and there was no other American court in which they could be adjudicated. As a result, a jurisdictional gap emerged that for decades exempted former troops from prosecution for war crimes. “This was not merely a theoretical possibility,” Patrick Hagopian writes. Over a dozen former soldiers who participated in the My Lai massacre did in fact “get away ... Read more
In 1955 the Supreme Court ruled that veterans of the U.S. armed forces could not be court-martialled for overseas crimes that were not detected until after they had left military service. Territorial limitations placed such acts beyond the jurisdiction of civilian courts, and there was no other American court in which they could be adjudicated. As a result, a jurisdictional gap emerged that for decades exempted former troops from prosecution for war crimes. “This was not merely a theoretical possibility,” Patrick Hagopian writes. Over a dozen former soldiers who participated in the My Lai massacre did in fact “get away ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Politics & the Cold War
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340474
SKU
V9781625340474
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About Patrick Hagopian
Patrick Hagopian is senior lecturer in history and American studies at Lancaster University, UK and author of The Vietnam War in American Memory: Veterans, Memorials and the Politics of Healing (University of Massachusetts Press, 2009).
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