Honest Errors? Combat Decision-Making 75 Years After the Hostage Case
This book marks the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Hostage Case in which a US military tribunal in Nuremberg acquitted General Lothar Rendulic of devastating Northern Norway on account of his honest factual error. The volume critically reappraises the law and facts underlying his trial, the no second-...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The Hague
T.M.C. Asser Press
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction
- Chapter 1. Honest Errors in Combat Decision-Making: State of Our Knowledge 75 Years after the Hostage Case
- Part II. Devastating Northern Norway and Forcibly Evacuating Its Inhabitants
- Chapter 2. Occupied Norway 1940-1945: A Brief Background to Hostage
- Chapter 3. Rendulic and the Military Necessity Defence in Hostage: Did He Speak the Truth?
- Chapter 4. Devastation and Forcible Evacuation: Actors and Their Motives
- Part III. Trying Rendulic and Developing the No Second-Guessing Rule
- Chapter 5. The Inclusion of Finnmark’s Devastation and Forced Evacuation Charge in Hostage
- Chapter 6. The Adjudication and Findings of Finnmark’s Devastation Charge in Hostage
- Chapter 7. The Genesis and Significance of the Law of War “Rendulic Rule”
- Chapter 8. The Limits of Honest Judgment: The Reasonable Commander Test and Mistake of Fact
- Part IV. Assessing an Error’s Reasonableness
- Chapter 9. The ICT Revolution, 21st Century Warfare, and Honest Errors
- Chapter 10. Empathy at War: The Distinction between Reasonableness and the Reasonable Military Commander Standard
- Chapter 11. Drone Warfare, Civilian Deaths, and the Narrative of Honest Mistakes
- Part V. Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Conclusion: The Hostage Case, Present Day Knowledge, and Future Implications
- Annex. List of Historical Names and Entities.