Tyranny on Trial: The Trial of the Major German War Criminals at the End of the World War II at Nuremberg Germany 1945-1946 (Revised Edition) - Softcover

Harris, Whitney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870744372 ISBN 13: 9780870744372

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Condensing an avalanche of documents and trial transcripts which reveal the horrific record of Hitler's twelve-year dictatorship, this book distills the evidence presented to the 1945–46 Nuremberg tribunal when former Nazi leaders were indicted and tried as war criminals. Whitney Harris's analysis uses verbatim accounts by key figures in the Nazi regime to tell the story of Hitler's rise to power, of Nazi planning and execution of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and of the final destruction of Nazi tyranny. It concludes with an explanation of the law of the case—the judicial process, law and war, and the precedent of Nuremberg. The final chapter ends with the adoption of the Rome Treaty of 1998 creating the permanent International Criminal Court.

First published by SMU Press in 1954, this book recounts the full story of the historic Nuremberg Trial, told in dramatic and accessible prose by a man who served throughout the trial as counsel on the staff of Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Chief of Counsel. Harris presented the evidence against the first of the Nuremberg defendants, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, as well as against the principal Nazi repressive agencies, the Gestapo and the SD.

About this title

About the Author

In addition to serving as trial counsel at Nuremberg, WHITNEY R. HARRIS was an officer in the U.S. Navy throughout World War II, professor of law at Southern Methodist University, executive director of the American Bar Association, Solicitor General for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and a practicing lawyer in Los Angeles, Dallas, and St. Louis. He and his wife make their home in St. Louis.

Review

CRIMES, INCREDIBLE AND UNBELIEVABLE Tyranny on Trial: The Evidence at Nuremberg. By Whitney R. Harris. Illustrated. 607 pp. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press. By Saul K. Padover. This is one of those books that are heart-rending to read and perilous to ignore... Solidly documented, it is probably the first complete historical and legal analysis of the Nuremberg trial and, in view of the nature of the subject, should be considered a book of enduring importance.

For this revised edition, Harris has added a new section on justice after Nuremberg, bringing the precedent of Nuremberg through the intervening years to the adoption of the permanent International Criminal Court with the Rome Treaty of 1998. -- The New York Times Book Review September 12, 1954 Vol. LIX - No. 37

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0870744372
• ISBN 13: 9780870744372
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 704