Nazi Saboteurs on Trial
A Military Tribunal and American Law (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
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Word Count
48,250 words, Guess
Page Count
193 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7763080M
- ISBN-139780700612383
- ISBN-100700612386
- OCLC Control Number50982296
- OCLC Control Numbernazisaboteursont0000fish
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002152204
- Goodreads5987122
- LibraryThing1244010
Classifications
- LCCKF224.N28 F57 2003
- DDC345.73/0264
- LCCKF224.N28 F57 2005
Description
"Although huge in scope and impact, the 9/11 attacks were not the first threat by foreign terrorists on American soil. During World War II, eight Germans landed on our shores in 1942 bent on sabotage. Caught before they could carry out their missions, under FDR's presidential proclamation they were hauled before a secret military tribunal and found guilty. Meeting in an emergency session, the Supreme Court upheld the tribunal's authority. Justice was swift: six of the men were put to death - a sentence much more harsh than would have been allowed in a civil trial." "Louis Fisher chronicles the capture, trial, and punishment of the Nazi saboteurs in order to examine the extent to which procedural rights are suspended in time of war. One of America's leading constitutional scholars, Fisher analyzes the political, legal, and administrative context of the Supreme Court decision Ex parte Quirin (1942). He reconstructs a rush to judgment that has striking relevance to current events by considering the reach of the law in trials conducted against wartime enemies."--Jacket.
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