A Case To Answer Australia's First War Crimes Prosecution
Biography & Memoir History True Crime
David Bevan’s A Case to Answer recounts Australia’s landmark 1998 war-crime trial, the nation’s first, and the decade-long hunt that put an aging former soldier in the dock. Drawing on court transcripts, declassified files and first-hand interviews, the Adelaide author reconstructs how prosecutors balanced justice with the ghosts of World War II and the politics of a modern military alliance.
The 259-page paperback moves from jungle battlefields to Canberra hearing rooms, showing how evidence gathered in three countries finally reached an Australian jury. Bevan, a veteran court reporter, keeps the legal drama taut while illuminating the human cost for victims, suspects and the investigators caught between law and history buffs’ expectations.
Ideal for readers of military history, true crime and Australian biography, this 2018 edition arrives in very good condition from a smoke-free home—clean, tightly bound and ready for shelf or study. Its concise chapters and maps make the complex proceedings accessible to newcomers and researchers alike.
Collectors of wartime justice narratives will value this accessible account of a case that reshaped Australian jurisprudence and international war-crimes policy.
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