Murder and martial justice : spying and retribution in World War II America / Meredith Lentz Adams.

By: Adams, Meredith Lentz, 1938-Material type: TextTextSeries: True crime history seriesPublisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2011]Copyright date: 2011Description: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781612775197Subject(s): Executions and executioners -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Germans -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Murder -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Prisoners of war -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Retribution -- History -- 20th century | Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Torture -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, AmericanGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 940.54/87430973 LOC classification: D805.U5 | A33 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Spying and terrorism -- Six stool pigeons -- "Hang him one head higher" -- Unschadlichmachung -- "Thorough investigation is requested" -- "Are you a nember of the Volksgemeinschaft?" -- "I can't control my blood" -- Ploys and complaints -- "Dachou" treatment -- Thorough and impartial investigation -- Judgment -- Fair and intelligent review -- Coddling and confirmation -- Obnoxious material -- War versus state -- Playing chicken -- Honor and execution -- Afterward.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-296) and index.

Spying and terrorism -- Six stool pigeons -- "Hang him one head higher" -- Unschadlichmachung -- "Thorough investigation is requested" -- "Are you a nember of the Volksgemeinschaft?" -- "I can't control my blood" -- Ploys and complaints -- "Dachou" treatment -- Thorough and impartial investigation -- Judgment -- Fair and intelligent review -- Coddling and confirmation -- Obnoxious material -- War versus state -- Playing chicken -- Honor and execution -- Afterward.

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