Crimes of Obedience

Crimes of Obedience
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 0300048130
ISBN-13 : 9780300048131
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Book Synopsis Crimes of Obedience by : Herbert C. Kelman

Download or read book Crimes of Obedience written by Herbert C. Kelman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergeant William Calley's defense of his behavior in the My Lai massacre and the widespread public support for his argument that he was merely obeying orders from a superior and was not personally culpable led Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton to investigate the attitudes toward responsibility and authority that underlie "crimes of obedience"--not only in military circumstances like My Lai but as manifested in Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Kurt Waldheim affair. Their book is an ardent plea for the right and obligation of citizens to resist illegal and immoral orders from above.


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