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East West Street : on the origins of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" / Philippe Sands.
Loaned to Another Library KZ7180 .S25 2016
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sands, Philippe, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--History.
- Genocide.
- History.
- Genocide (International law)--History.
- Genocide (International law).
- Crimes against humanity--History.
- Crimes against humanity.
- Crimes against humanity (International law)--History.
- Crimes against humanity (International law).
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 425 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- On the origins of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity"
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
- Summary:
- "A ... personal detective story, an uncovering of secret pasts, and a book that explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler's Third Reich"-- Dust jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Prologue: An invitation
- Leon
- Lauterpacht
- Miss Tilney of Norwich
- Lemkin
- The man in a bow tie
- Frank
- The child who stands alone
- Nuremberg
- The girl who chose not to remember
- Judgment
- Epilogue: To the woods.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-409) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780385350716
- 0385350716
- OCLC:
- 922630205
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