Nazi War Crimes, US Intelligence and Selective Prosecution at Nuremberg Controversies Regarding the Role of the Office of Strategic Services

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Synopsis

Reviewing recently declassified CIA documents, this book provides a balanced but critical discussion of the contribution of American intelligence officials to the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
Giving new details of how senior Nazi war criminals, such as SS General Karl Wolff, were provided with effective immunity deals, partly as a reward for their wartime cooperation with US intelligence officials, including Allen Dulles, former CIA Director, the author also discusses the role of such officials in mobilizing the unique resources of a modern intelligence agency to provide important trial testimony and vital documentary evidence.
Nazi War Crimes, US Intelligence and Selective Prosecution at Nuremberg argues that both war crimes prosecutors and intelligence officials can engage in mutually beneficial collaborations, but that both sides need to recognize and appreciate the problems that may arise from the fact that these institutions are required to operate according to different, and in some cases contradictory, agendas.
This topical book gives those studying, or with interests in, international law, criminal law and history an insight into the debates surrounding international war crimes, within the context of the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

Book details

Author:
Michael Salter
ISBN:
9781135331337
Related ISBNs:
9780203945100, 9781904385813, 9781904385813, 9781904385806, 9781904385806
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
472
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-04-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2007
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Military, Nonfiction, Politics and Government