George W. Bush, War Criminal?: The Bush Administration's Liability for 269 War Crimes

408 Pages·2008·1.18 MB·English

by  Michael Haas

George W. Bush, War Criminal?
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GEORGE W. BUSH,
WAR CRIMINAL?
The Bush Administration’s Liability for
269 War Crimes
Michael Haas
Foreword by Benjamin B. Ferencz
Former Chief Prosecutor, Nuremberg Military Tribunals
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CONTENTS
TablesandAppendices ix
ForewordbyBenjaminB.Ferencz xi
Preface xv
I. INTRODUCTION 1
1. APresidentwithoutaGoodLawyer 3
II. IDENTIFICATIONOFWARCRIMES 15
2. CrimesofAggression 17
3. CrimesCommittedintheConductofWar 31
4. CrimesCommittedintheTreatmentofPrisoners 57
5. CrimesCommittedinthePostwarOccupations 171
III. PROSECUTIONOFWARCRIMES 219
6. TribunalsforWarCrimesProsecution 221
7. TheBushAdministration’sWarCrimesLiability 239
viii CONTENTS
Appendices 255
Abbreviations 293
Sources 297
References 325
Index 371
TABLES AND APPENDICES
TABLES
1.1. Bush’sLawyersandAdvisers 6
1.2. TheBushDoctrineandSuccessfulCourtChallenges 9
2.1. PrinciplesofJustWarTheory 18
3.1. PrinciplesofJustMeansofWar 32
4.1. BrigadierGeneralMichaelDunlavey’sProposed
InterrogationTechniques 64
4.2. PostedExtraordinaryInterrogationProceduresat
AbuGhraib 65
5.1. MilestonesintheOccupationofAfghanistan 173
5.2. MilestonesintheOccupationofIraq 176
6.1. AmericanLawsBanningWarCrimes 224
6.2. LawsuitsFiledagainsttheBushAdministrationAbroad 233
6.3. People’sTribunals 236
APPENDICES
1.1. LegalOpinionsandExecutiveOrdersofQuestionable
Legality 255
2.1. InternationalAgreementsOutlawingAggressiveWar 260