Captured American - War Criminals or Prisoners of War

Abstract

The threat of Hanoi to try American prisoners as war criminals is used as a point of departure to discuss legal issues of the Vietnam War raised by the prisoner question. Differences between customary and treaty international law are focused on opposing positions of the United States and Hanoi on aerial bombing, aggression and prisoner of war treatment. The essay is based on literature search of applicable international law and other relevant materials. The conclusion is reached that the prisoners' future rests not with what their rights are under international law, but on who has the power to interpret the law. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1972
Accession Number
AD0760421

Entities

People

  • Christ Christ

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geneva Conventions
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Vietnam
  • Prisoners Of War
  • South Vietnam
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Law

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.