Executing US soldiers in England, World War II: Command influence and sexual racism

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 262-288

  Lilly, J Robert ^a   Thomson, J Michael ^a  

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DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014158     Document Type: Article

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