Defining the Crime of Aggression. By Oscar Solera. London: Cameron May, 2007. Pp. 529. $170, 85 [pounds sterling].
On June 6, 1945, Justice Robert Jackson of the U.S. Supreme Court reported to President Harry Truman that international law had evolved to a point where aggressive war making could be punished as an international crime. The Charter for the Nuremberg trials, drawn up by the four victorious allies on August 8, 1945, stipulated inter alia that those who planned or initiated invasions and wars of aggression in violation of international laws and treaties were subject to prosecution for "Crimes Against Peace." The brief definition of the offense was considered ...