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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Louis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi Saboteurs Trial, Washington, D.C., 1942.

Trials (Sabotage)--Washington (D.C.).

Trials (Sabotage).

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

xi, 193 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2003]

Summary:

Esteemed legal scholar Louis Fisher chronicles the capture, trial, and punishment of eight German spies caught on American soil in 1942, and analyzes the use of military tribunals in this case to shield the government's chief investigators and sentencing decisions (6 of the 8 died in the electric chair) from public scrutiny and possible criticism.

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 round-up

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-185) and indexes.

ISBN:

0700612386

OCLC:

50982296