Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Adolf Eichmann, the Concentration Camp Boss–His Escape, Arrest and Hanging -- Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s Deputy – From Boyhood to Chief Murderer of the Jews -- From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court -- African War Crimes and the Pursuit of International Justice -- Western War Criminals – McNamara, Kissinger, Bush and Blair -- Ariel Sharon – Israel’s War Crimes General -- Guatemala – “Only Political Killings” -- Bangladesh – A Country Looks Backward -- The Pinochet Case -- The Killing Fields – Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge -- The War in Ex-Yugoslavia – The Hunting Down and Trials of Its Leaders -- War Crimes Can Be Committed When Human Rights Are Pursued by Making War -- Conclusion – The Perspective from Outer Space -- Index.

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This volume offers a history of one of the most important issues of our age. It begins with an analysis of the characters of Adolf Eichmann and Heinrich Himmler, the two men in charge of “the Final Solution”. It moves on to look at the role played by some of Africa’s war criminals and also offers portraits of alleged war criminals from the Western world, including the self-confessed war criminal Robert McNamara who led the war in Vietnam on behalf of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. The book also tracks the wars and genocide in, and subsequent international criminal law trials relating to Cambodia and the former Yugoslavia. In a final chapter, it asks the question: can human rights be pursued by making war?