PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE GERMAN THEORY OF WAR The Custom of War
CHAPTER II GERMAN ACTIONS CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED ON THE PLEA OF REPRISALS The Plea of Reprisals
CHAPTER III THE GERMAN TREATMENT OF OFFICIALS German Violence
CHAPTER IV OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE PERSONS AGAINST ENEMY SUBJECTS
CHAPTER V OUTRAGES ON NEUTRAL SUBJECTS
CHAPTER VI GERMAN USE OF PROHIBITED IMPLEMENTS OF WAR
CHAPTER VII GERMAN TREACHERY ON THE BATTLEFIELD Abuse of the
CHAPTER VIII BOMBARDMENT OF UNDEFENDED TOWNS. CRIMES COMMITTED
CHAPTER IX KILLING OF THE WOUNDED BY GERMANS The Wounded, the Red Cross, and the Geneva Convention
CHAPTER X ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR
CHAPTER XI THE MURDER, TORTURE AND VIOLATION OF WOMEN IN INVADED TERRITORY
CHAPTER XII OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN, OLD PEOPLE AND PRIESTS
CHAPTER XIII OUTRAGES ON CIVILIANS AND FRANCS-TIREURS The German Theory of Francs-tireurs
CHAPTER XIV SYSTEMATIC ARSON. DESECRATION OF CHURCHES
CHAPTER XV SYSTEMATIC PILLAGE AND THEFT. ROBBING THE WOUNDED AND THE DEAD The German Idea of War-booty
CHAPTER XVI DEGREES OF RESPONSIBILITY. CONCLUSION
GERMAN BARBARISM
GERMAN BARBARISM
A NEUTRAL’S INDICTMENT
BY
LÉON MACCAS
DOCTOR OF LAW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
WITH PREFACE BY
M. PAUL GIRARD
OF THE INSTITUT DE FRANCE
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXVI
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