Justice and the Enemy
Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed
(Sprache: Englisch)
Since the Nuremberg Trials of 1945, lawful nations have struggled to impose justice around the world, especially when confronted by tyrannical and genocidal regimes. But in Cambodia, the USSR, China, Bosnia, Rwanda, and beyond, justice has been served...
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Since the Nuremberg Trials of 1945, lawful nations have struggled to impose justice around the world, especially when confronted by tyrannical and genocidal regimes. But in Cambodia, the USSR, China, Bosnia, Rwanda, and beyond, justice has been served haltingly if at all in the face of colossal inhumanity. International Courts are not recognized worldwide. There is not a global consensus on how to punish transgressors. The war against Al Qaeda is a war like no other. Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda's founder, was killed in Pakistan by Navy Seals. Few people in America felt anything other than that justice had been served. But what about the man who conceived and executed the 9/11 attacks on the US, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? What kind of justice does he deserve? The U.S. has tried to find the high ground by offering KSM a trial-albeit in the form of military tribunal. But is this hypocritical? Indecisive? Half-hearted? Or merely the best application of justice possible for a man who is implacably opposed to the civilization that the justice system supports and is derived from? In this book, William Shawcross explores the visceral debate that these questions have provoked over the proper application of democratic values in a time of war, and the enduring dilemma posed to all victors in war: how to treat the worst of your enemies.
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Since the Nuremberg Trials of 1945, lawful nations have struggled to impose justice around the world, especially when confronted by tyrannical and genocidal regimes. But in Cambodia, the USSR, China, Bosnia, Rwanda, and beyond, justice has been served haltingly if at all in the face of colossal inhumanity. International Courts are not recognized worldwide. There is not a global consensus on how to punish transgressors. The war against Al Qaeda is a war like no other. Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda's founder, was killed in Pakistan by Navy Seals. Few people in America felt anything other than that justice had been served. But what about the man who conceived and executed the 9/11 attacks on the US, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? What kind of justice does he deserve? The U.S. has tried to find the high ground by offering KSM a trial-albeit in the form of military tribunal. But is this hypocritical? Indecisive? Half-hearted? Or merely the best application of justice possible for a man who is implacably opposed to the civilization that the justice system supports and is derived from? In this book, William Shawcross explores the visceral debate that these questions have provoked over the proper application of democratic values in a time of war, and the enduring dilemma posed to all victors in war: how to treat the worst of your enemies.
Autoren-Porträt von William Shawcross
William Shawcross is a distinguished journalist who has covered international conflicts and conflict resolution, and bestselling author of many books including "Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia;""The Quality of Mercy: Cambodia, Holocaust, and Modern Conscience"; "Deliver Us from Evil: Warlords, Peacekeepers, and a World of Endless Conflict"; "Allies," and "The Queen Mother." He is a chairman of Article 19, a London based charity and pressure group which defends the rights of free expression enshrined in Article 19 of the Declaration of Human Rights; a board member of the International Crisis Group; and was a member of the High Commissioner for Refugees' Informal Advisory Group from 1995-2000.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: William Shawcross
- 2012, 272 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Public Affairs
- ISBN-10: 1586489755
- ISBN-13: 9781586489755
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Kirkus, "October 10, 2011"A controversial intervention into the ongoing political and legal argument about whether and how to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators for their role in the 9/11 attack... Shawcross (The Queen Mother: The Official Biography, 2009, etc.) takes a no-holds-barred approach to the issues involved in putting the alleged perpetrators of 9/11 on trial for their crimes... Sure to cause further heated debate on the Mohammed situation and other similar scenarios.""Publishers Weekly"October 3, 2011"Shawcross explores what form of justice the al-Qaeda defendants should receive, the pros and cons of military versus federal courts, the admissibility of evidence gained under the CIA's 'enhanced interrogation techniques, ' and the differing policies of the Bush and Obama administrations regarding 'unlawful combatants, ' the Geneva Conventions, Guantanamo, and justice.... This thoughtful, passionately right-wing study underscores the thorny difficulties the U.S. has faced in bringing the September 11 attackers to court."Hoover Institution's Defining Ideas Blog, October 28, 2011 "[Shawcross] has written the best book yet on the dilemmas Western governments face in dealing with Islamic terrorists...Shawcross writes carefully, without bluster and exaggeration, and the effect is a damning indictment of much of the popular rhetoric of the decade after 9/11 that insisted we had no legal or moral right to deal with al Qaeda kingpins as we had in the past with other such terrorists and criminals.""Booklist," December 1, 2011 "Shawcross here addresses the timely and thorny question of how best to prosecute international terrorists... Those seeking a more policy-focused review of recent developments should start with this work.""American Spectator""Shawcross makes telling points on a variety of issues and sub-issues, from waterboarding and the hard intelligence it has provided, to the ramifications of warfare by drone, to the reas
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