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 | #3369136 in Books |  Mark J Osiel |  2001-08-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.91 x5.98l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 408 pages

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||4 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Proposes increased prosecution for Law of War violations|By Student|In this book, Mr. Osiel contends that the military should be more proactive in prosecuting soldiers for violations of the law of warfare. Osiel contends that current policy generally leads to litigation only in cases of atrocity. To his credit, the author recognizes the complexities of the modern battlefiel| ||“A short review cannot really do justice to this careful blend of law, moral philosophy, and military history. Why do soldiers commit atrocities? How can they be prevented from doing so? The questions framing the book are at some level unanswerable, but

A soldier obeys illegal orders, thinking them lawful. When should we excuse his misconduct as based in reasonable error? How can courts convincingly convict the soldier's superior officer when, after Nuremberg, criminal orders are expressed through winks and nods, hints and insinuations? Can our notions of the soldier's "due obedience," designed for the Roman legionnaire, be brought into closer harmony with current understandings of military conflict in the contemporary ...

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