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Book SynopsisHow the American High Commissioner for Germany set in motion a process that resulted in every non-death-row-inmate walking free after the Nuremberg trials
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“In this deeply researched and highly original account, Robert Hutchinson forces us to reconsider our understanding of the American clemency program for convicted war criminals after WWII.”—Devin O. Pendas, Boston College
“Robert Hutchinson’s work is a major reevaluation that scholars of Nazi war crimes and international law will not be able to ignore.”—Norman J. W. Goda, author of
Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War“In this important book, Robert Hutchinson offers new insight and new evidence about the famous events surrounding clemency to Nazi war criminals. It is a work that both scholars and a general public should definitely read.”—Jeffrey C. Herf, University of Maryland
“Essential for anyone interested in the future of international humanitarian law, this book reveals how justice for the victims of Nazi crimes was undermined by those responsible for upholding it.”—Steven P. Remy, author of
The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Controversy“Robert Hutchinson’s magisterial book reminds us that everything is political, justice is never blind, and injustice is most dangerous when it cloaks itself in the robes of the law.”—Robert Citino, National World War II Museum
