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Title

The fifth field : the story of the 96 American soldiers sentenced to death and executed in Europe and North Africa in World War II / colonel French L. MacLean, United States Army, (ret.) ; with a foreword and legal analysis by T.G. Bolen.

Author

MacLean, French L.

Publication

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., [2013]

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Description

352 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"The Fifth Field reveals one of the final secrets of the war: how 96 American soldiers in Europe and North Africa were tried by American General Courts-Martial, convicted by military juries, sentenced to death, executed and buried in an obscure, secret plot at an American military cemetery in France"--Author's website.

Subject

• Trials (Military offenses) > Europe > History > 20th century
• Trials (Military offenses) > Africa, North > History > 20th century
• Capital punishment > Europe > History > 20th century
• Military offenses > Africa, North > History > 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 > Europe > History > 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 > Africa, North > History > 20th century
• Executions and executioners > Europe > History > 20th century
• Executions and executioners > Africa, North > History > 20th century
• Courts-martial and courts of inquiry > Europe > History > 20th century
• Courts-martial and courts of inquiry > Africa, North > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-349) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Historical and legal underpinnings -- The 96 -- A closer look.

ISBN

• 076434577X
• 9780764345777

LCCN

^^2013944237

OCLC

861734341

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library