De Italiaanse overheersing (1912-1943) zorgde voor een grondige transformatie van de Dodekánisos. Er werden tal van infrastructurele werken ondernomen en verschillende hoofdplaatsen, in het... Show moreDe Italiaanse overheersing (1912-1943) zorgde voor een grondige transformatie van de Dodekánisos. Er werden tal van infrastructurele werken ondernomen en verschillende hoofdplaatsen, in het bijzonder Rodos-stad, kregen een stedenbouwkundige ‘make over’ naar fascistisch model. De Possedimenti Italiani dell’Egeo fungeerden als propagandistisch schouwtoneel dat Benito Mussolini en de zijnen internationaal aanzien moest verschaffen. De voornaamste functie van de koloniale bezittingen was en bleef echter militair-strategisch van aard. Nergens was dat zo duidelijk als op Leros, het eiland dat uitgroeide tot een militaire superbasis. Show less
This article explores the experiences of white workers on the Copperbelt in Northern Rhodesia during World War II. Much of the existing literature on the region focuses on African labour, yet the... Show moreThis article explores the experiences of white workers on the Copperbelt in Northern Rhodesia during World War II. Much of the existing literature on the region focuses on African labour, yet the boom that began in the copper-mining industry also attracted thousands of mobile, transient European workers. These workers were part of a primarily English-speaking labour diaspora with a global reach that linked mining centres around the world. The experience of this workforce generated seemingly contradictory trends of labour militancy, political radicalism, and racial exclusivity. A focus on two significant events during this period will seek to examine how these trends shaped events on the Copperbelt: the 1940 wildcat strikes and the 1942 arrest and deportation of white mineworkers’ union leaders. These events shed light on the international world of European labour and illustrate how the Copperbelt was linked to other mining centres around the world. Show less
This book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the twelve war crimes trials held in the American zone of occupation between 1946 and 1949, collectively known as the Nuremberg Military... Show moreThis book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the twelve war crimes trials held in the American zone of occupation between 1946 and 1949, collectively known as the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMTs). The judgments the NMTs produced have played a critical role in the development of international criminal law, particularly in terms of how courts currently understand war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. The trials are also of tremendous historical importance, because they provide a far more comprehensive picture of Nazi atrocities than their more famous predecessor, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (IMT). The IMT focused exclusively on the 'major war criminals'-the Goerings, the Hesses, the Speers. The NMTs, by contrast, prosecuted doctors, lawyers, judges, industrialists, bankers-the private citizens and lower-level functionaries whose willingness to take part in the destruction of millions of innocents manifested what Hannah Arendt famously called 'the banality of evil'. Show less
