Sacred Men: Law, Torture, and Retribution in Guam

by Keith L. Camacho

Book Overview

Between 1944 and 1949 the United States Navy held a war crimes tribunal that tried Japanese nationals and members of Guam's indigenous Chamorro population who had worked for Japan's military government. In Sacred Men Keith L. Camacho traces the tribunal's legacy and its role in shaping contemporary domestic and international laws regarding combatants, jurisdiction, and property. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben's notions of bare life and Chamorro...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147800634X
• ISBN13: 9781478006343
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"