I: Setting the Stage
II:
Fred L. Borch is the Regimental Historian and Archivist for the
Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps. He served 25 years as an
Army lawyer before retiring from active duty and assuming his
current position as a military legal historian. Having served as
the first Chief Prosecutor for the Guantanamo Bay military
commissions (from 2003-2004), he has special interest in the
history of war crimes. Mr. Borch is the author of a number of books
and hundreds of articles
on legal and non-legal topics, including "Judge Advocates in
Combat: Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti"
and "For Military Merit: Recipients of the Purple Heart."
After the end of the Asia-Pacific war, there were over 2300 war
crimes proceedings held in more than 50 locations. Borch's helpful
book about an important piece of the puzzle facilitates growing
understanding and is a worthy contribution.
*Suzannah Linton, International & Comparative Law Quarterly*
The overriding importance of Borch's book is that it fills a
long-existing and significant gap in the English-language
historiography of war crimes trials at the end of World War II. ...
This book should find a wide audience among legal scholars,
especially those who have an interest in the prosecution of war
crimes. But the book is framed for a broader audience and with the
pains taken to avoid legal jargon and to provide contextualization
with respect to time and place, it should achieve its aim.
*Bruce Vandervort, Journal of Military History*
The overarching value of this book, especially for Anglophone
readers lies in its forty-four trial summaries, which highlight
cases relevant to specific types of crimes. The book might also
serve as a primer on Dutch war crimes trial procedures, recruitment
of personnel, provision of ancillary staff, etc., as well as enable
comparative analysis of the Allied trials arising from the Pacific
War.
*Georgina Fitzpatrick, Michigan War Studies Review*
This excellent book addresses a void in the academic literature: an
authoritative well-written documentation of post-World War II war
crimes trials conducted by an Allied state. Much more than a mere
recitation of cases (although there is that, too), this slim volume
is a window to an earlier time and an earlier law of war. ... This
is a powerful book that those interested in the academic literature
of World War II, the law of war, or the frailty of man, should
read.
*Gary Solis, American Journal of International Law*
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