Martial Justice: The Last Mass Execution in the United States (Bluejacket Books) It was the largest single execution in the United States in the twentieth century and the country's last mass execution. But why was their execution carried out four months after the end of the war f
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| Title | : | Martial Justice: The Last Mass Execution in the United States (Bluejacket Books) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155750945X |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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On August 25,1945, seven young German POW submariners were hanged at Fort Leavenworth. It was the largest single execution in the United States in the twentieth century and the country's last mass execution. Their crime was the murder of a fellow German prisoner, a man they called a traitor because he helped interrogate other German prisoners. But why was their execution carried out four months after the end of the war for conduct many Americans would have expected of their own POWs in an enemy camp? And why was this "traitor" sent to the very camp where the men he had interrogated were imprisoned? Why did President Harry S. Truman, who signed the orders of execution, decline to be interviewed by the author, and why did all documents relating to the case vanish from the Truman Library after the author requested a research permit? Richard Whittingham probes the events that led to the murder, its perpetration, the brutal interrogation, the court-martial, and the execution, and he reveals
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