Revisiting the Vietnam War and International Law

Herausgeber: Andersson, Stefan

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Produktbeschreibung

The Vietnam War was a significant historical event that has had profound implications for international law and state actions. This book brings together essays by top international lawyer and commentator Richard Falk on the Vietnam War and its relationship to international law, American foreign policy, and the global world order.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9781108409964
• ISBN-10: 1108409962
• Artikelnr.: 49327821

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: the harmful legacy of lawlessness in Vietnam Richard Falk
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. The US Role in Vietnam and International Law: 1. A Vietnam settlement: the view from Hanoi
2. US in Vietnam: rationale and law
3. International law and the United States role in the Vietnam War
4. International law and the United States role in Vietnam: A Response to Professor Moore
5. The six legal dimensions of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War
Part II. War and War Crimes: 6. Appropriating Tet
7. Son My: war crimes and individual responsibility
8. The Cambodian Operation and international law
Part III. The Vietnam War and the Nuremberg Principles: 9. The Nuremberg Defense in the Pentagon Papers case
10. A Nuremberg perspective on the trial of Karl Armstrong
11. Telford Taylor and the legacy of Nuremberg
Part IV. The Legacy of the Vietnam War: 12. Learning from Vietnam
13. The Vietnam syndrome: from the Gulf of Tonkin to Iraq
14. 'The Vietnam Syndrome' the Kerrey Revelations raise anew issues of morality and military power
15. Why the legal debate on the Vietnam War still matters
Index.