Book Review: Current Research on the Middle East
| Author | M. R. Powicke |
| Published date | 01 December 1956 |
| Date | 01 December 1956 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070205601100419 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
310
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
NUREMBERG:
GERMAN
VIEWS
OF
THE
WAR TRIALS.
Edited
by
Wilbourn E.
Benton
and
Georg Grimm.
1955.
(Dallas,
Texas:
Southern
Methodist
University
Press.
viii,
232pp.)
Dr.
Benton,
in
his
introduction
concludes
that
"two
significant
innovations
resulted from
the
War
Crimes
Trials:
(1)
The
con-
cept
of
the
illegality
of
aggressive
war
was
transformed
into
criminality,
in
the
sense
that
penal
sanctions
may
be
applied
against
those
who
wage
such
a
war
....
(2)
This
transformation
• . .
provided
the
connecting link
between
Article
6a
of
the
London
Charter
and
the
Kellogg
Pact.
Hence,
the
search
for
juridical
techniques
by
which
aggressive
war
may
be
outlawed
•..
is
something
that
moves
along
with
us."
There
follow
twelve
essays
by
German
professors
and
lawyers,
most
of
the
articles
being
taken
from
German
journals.
Several
of
the
essays
were
written
by
men
who
acted
as
counsel
for
the
defense
at
Nuremberg.
A
short,
select
bibliography
of
books,
pamphlets,
and
articles
is
included.
The
volume
presents
an
interesting
German exchange
of
ideas
"upon
an
important
topic
of
our
time."
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
GORDON
0.
ROTHNEY
CURRENT RESEARCH
ON
THE
MIDDLE
EAST.
Edited
by
Harvey
P.
Hall
and
Ann
W.
Noyes.
1955.
(Washington:
Middle
East Institute)
This
is
the
first
of
a
proposed
series
of
annual surveys
of
oriental
studies
in
every
field
of
knowledge.
It
is
consciously
aimed
at
bridging
the
gulf
between
traditional
(e.g. Biblical,
Islamic)
and
more
recent
(e.g.
economics, social
work)
studies.
Moreover,
it
includes
scholarship from
every
quarter
of
the
globe.
In
welcoming
such
a
bold
venture,
one
is
bound
to pro-
test
at
the
infatuation
of
some
moderns
with
the
idea
of
the
region
as
a
basis
of
studies.
If
Bible
studies
belong
in
a
"Middle
East"
survey,
will we
soon
be
having
classical
scholarship
sub-
sumed
under
"Balkan
Research"?
Obviously,
before
such
a
venture
can
be
complete,
it
will
have to quadruple
its
size
(there
are
1017
entries).
Probably most
of
us
would
rather
have
it
confined
to
an
intelligible and
coherent
"field,"
wherein
it
can
be
accurate,
complete
and
useful.
University
of
Toronto
M.
R.
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