Sacred men : law, torture, and retribution in Guam / Keith L. Camacho.

"Between 1944 and 1949 the United States Navy held a war crimes tribunal that tried Japanese nationals and members of Guam's indigenous Chamorro population who had worked for Japan's military government. In Sacred Men Keith L. Camacho traces the tribunal's legacy and its role in...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Project MUSE)
Main Author: Camacho, Keith L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Series:Global and insurgent legalities.
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Table of Contents:
  • The state of exception
  • War bodies
  • War crimes
  • The bird and the lizard
  • Native assailants
  • Native murderers
  • The military colony
  • Japanese traitors
  • Japanese militarists.