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Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal and American Law (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
Louis Fisher
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Description for Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal and American Law (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
Hardcover. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Louis Fisher analyzes the case of eight Germans who landed in the USA in 1942 bent on sabotage. Caught before they could carry out their missions, they were hauled before a secret military tribunal and found guilty. Six of the men were put to death. Num Pages: 200 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; LNDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
Although huge in scope and impact, the 9/11 attacks were not the first threat by foreign terrorists no American soil. During World War II, eight Germans landed in the USA 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. The author chronicles the capture, trial ... Read more
Although huge in scope and impact, the 9/11 attacks were not the first threat by foreign terrorists no American soil. During World War II, eight Germans landed in the USA 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. The author chronicles the capture, trial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612383
SKU
V9780700612383
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About Louis Fisher
Louis Fisher is Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Among his books are Presidential War Power (see page 33), Constitutional Conflicts Between Congress and the President, and Religious Liberty in America (see page 36)
Reviews for Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal and American Law (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
After 9/11, American civil liberties seem to have entered an Alice-in-Wonderland rabbit hole featuring indefinite detentions and predetermined verdicts - so very similar, as Fisher reminds us, to the wild departures from due process that characterized this famous 1942 case. Robert Justin Goldstein, author of Flag Burning and Free Speech; ""Fisher's fascinating and important account of the Supreme Court's decision ... Read more