The Civil War thrust millions of men and women―rich and poor; soldiers and civilians; enslaved and free―onto the roads of the South. During four years of war; Southerners lived on the move. In the hands of Sternhell; movement becomes a radically new means to perceive the full trajectory of the Confederacy’s rise; struggle; and ultimate defeat.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy WashingtonianAbsolute Must Read. Now more than ever.14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. more like Justice DeniedBy W BoudvilleWittman shows us the imperfections of the young West Germany; struggling to come to grips with an awful and recent past. One might reasonably wonder why the trial took place as late as 1963-5; when the war ended in 1945. Of course; in the immediate war years; the Allies conducted the Nuremburg trials; and West Germany as an independent country did not yet exist. But by the early 1950s; it did. Surely this trial could have started then.Yet; as Wittman describes; many difficulties were encountered by the West German prosecutors; which probably helped push the trial date to into the 60s. They appear to have done a conscientious job. But they faced many constraints. Some of which was the sheer mass of evidence that surfaced as they prepared for trial. Insufficient resources seem to have been provided to them. Which led to only 20 defendents being put on trial in 1963; instead of the original 800 investigated.The worst constraint was simply the use of a criminal code that was largely taken from pre-war years; and which simply proved inadequate in the face of the enormity of the crimes.The title of this book is Beyond Justice. Far too restrained. Wittman's analysis makes it clear that a better title would have been Justice Denied.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. There could be no adequate JusticeBy S.J.TagliareniExcellent portrayal of all of the reasons that in fact the trial could not deal with a true sense of justice.The crimes were so heinnous that the penal code was inadequate to address them.The prosection's hands were tied and a mere 6500 were charged. It was too little too late.S.J.Tagliareni author of Hitler's Priest
