Fresh off their victory in World War I, the Allies clamored for Kaiser Wilhelm II’s head. There was just one catch: The kaiser had absconded, 59 train cars of luggage in tow, to the Netherlands, which refused to extradite him. He died in 1941 under German occupation, an unrepentant admirer of Nazi policies until the end. The book cover for "The Criminal State" by Lawrence Douglas features a black-and-white photograph of a city in ruins. Stone pillars and the skeletal remains of buildings stand