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Author Fisher, Louis.

Title Nazi saboteurs on trial : a military tribunal and American law / Louis Fisher.

Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  345.0264 F534n 2003    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  345.73 FIS 2003    ---  Available
Description xi, 193 p., [2] leaves of plates : ports. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-185) and indexes.
Contents School for saboteurs. "Operation Pastorius" -- The eight finalists -- Instruction and training -- To Paris and Lorient -- Misadventures in America. Surprise at Amagansett -- Look what we found -- Dasch turns to the FBI -- Kerling's group lands at Ponte Vedra -- A quick roundup -- The military tribunal at work. The Milligan hurdle -- Interdepartmental conflicts -- Roosevelt's proclamation -- Issues with the media -- Setting some ground rules -- Articles of war/law of war -- Interlude in civil court -- Windup of the trial -- Sentencing and execution -- The fate of confederates -- The Supreme Court steps in. Briefing the case -- Nine hours of oral argument -- The per curiam -- Stone's draft -- Keeping a united front -- F.F.'s soliloquy -- The October 29 decision -- Rethinking tribunals. Evaluations of Quirin -- Saboteur effort II : 1944-1945 -- World War II trials -- A revival of Milligan? -- Bush's military order in 2001.
Subject Nazi Saboteurs Trial, Washington, D.C., 1942.
Trials (Sabotage) -- Washington, D.C.
ISBN 0700612386 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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