Justice at Nuremberg [Paperback]

Robert E Conot (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0881840327 | ISBN-13: 978-0881840322 | Publication Date: January 28, 1993

Here, for the first time in one volume, is the full story of crimes committed by the Nazi leaders and of the trials in which they were brought to judgement. Conot reconstructs in a single absorbing narrative not only the events at Nuremburg but the offenses with which the accused were charged. He brilliantly characterizes each of the twenty-one defendants, vividly presenting each case and inspecting carefully the process of indictment, prosecution, defense and sentencing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books (January 28, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881840327
• ISBN-13: 978-0881840322
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very thorough account, July 22, 2000

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Justice at Nuremberg (Paperback)

For those who enjoyed TNT's Nuremburg movie and would like to develop a more complete understanding of the trial, "Justice at Nuremburg" is for you. Author Robert Conot does a lot more than just recount the trial of the leading Nazis. He gives a full portrayal of their crimes and details their actions while they were in allied custody both before and during the trial. Conot also gives the background on the leading allied prosecutors and judges as well as detailing the increasing Cold War friction that surrounded the trial. The Nuremburg trial set the standard for international war crimes tribunals as we know them today. Many precedents were established that are still with us. But it is the fascinating (and revolting) stories of the defendant's themselves that make this book so compelling.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, October 30, 2002

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This review is from: Justice at Nuremberg (Paperback)

I can recommend this book to anyone wanting a basic knowledge of the Nuremberg trial and the atrocities that it exposed. My only complaint is that the book often drifts from the subject of the trial itself to general Nazi and Holocaust history, which is fine unless you've already read a good deal about these subjects in other books. One more issue is that Conot's mini-biography of Hitler, found at the end of the book, relies too much on speculation about the cause of Hitler's madness. (Can the root of Hitler's madness really be reduced to the view that he might have had syphilis?) Still, Conot manages to find some nuggets of information that I have not seen elsewhere, and when he does stay close to the trial it makes for highly intriguing reading.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Brillant Account, May 8, 2000

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Justin Gerstein - See all my reviews

This review is from: Justice at Nuremberg (Paperback)

For anyone who wants to know about the Nuremberg Trials, you must read this book. Canot gives us a real deal of the trial. He gives us an in to the processes of how the Trial worked and how the Justices felt. He tells the History of the Tiral as if you were right there. And that is a trait that not every book has. As an active reader of the Nuremberg Trials, I whole heartedly suggest and push for the reading of this book, in orfer to fully understand the true meaning of this gret event.