Judgement on Nuremberg

Front-page headlines of the New York Times on August 9, 1945, announced: "4 Powers Call Aggression Crime in Accord Covering War Trials." Proud of the freedom and security provided by its legal tradition, one of these powers, the United States, has frequently attempted to solve problems of the nation and the world by following its vision of "peace though law." Perhaps the most striking illustration of this policy was the International Military Tribunal which tried leaders of Nazi Germany after World War II. One significant of the court which tried Hitler's warlords was the Allies' search to create a new international law through the Tribunal's decisions. Legality of the Tribunal, composition of the court, justice of the verdicts, and implications of the future. In Judgement on Nuremberg, William J. Bosch evaluates the American public's reaction to the trails and draws his conclusions largely in terms of the four primary questions. Among those segments of society whose views are studied are government officials, congressmen and senators, domestic and international lawyers, historians, military men, churchmen, and political and behavioral scientists.