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This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America. Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing. 11 major wars include the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Indian Wars (which encompasses numerous armed conflicts), the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War ...
This is a list of convicted war criminals found guilty of war crimes under the rules of warfare as defined by the World War II Nuremberg Trials (as well as by earlier agreements established by the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, and the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and 1949).
First-time offenders convicted of crimes under the Narcotics Control Act of 1956 – pardoned all, in effect overturning much of the law passed by Congress. Hank Greenspun – editor and publisher of the Las Vegas Sun , who was convicted in 1950 of violating the Neutrality Act in shipping arms to Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ; was ...
Nuremberg principles. Group of defendants at the Nuremberg trials, from which the Nuremberg principals were established. The Nuremberg principles are a set of guidelines for determining what constitutes a war crime. The document was created by the International Law Commission of the United Nations to codify the legal principles underlying the ...
Long title. An Act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and across the globe, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) USA PATRIOT Act. Nicknames. Patriot Act. Enacted by. the 107th United States Congress. Effective.
Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). On 26 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference, United States President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President ...
War Crimes Act. There are two acts known as the War Crimes Act. War Crimes Act 1991 of the United Kingdom. War Crimes Act of 1996 of the United States.
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reported in February 2006 that he had received 240 communications in connection with the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 which alleged that various war crimes had been committed. The overwhelming majority of these communications came from individuals and groups within the United States and ...