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100 1 $aWitt, John Fabian.
245 10 $aLincoln's code :$bthe laws of war in American history /$cJohn Fabian Witt.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c2012.
300 $aviii, 498 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-470) and index.
520 $a"By one of the nation's foremost legal historians, a groundbreaking history of the pioneering American role in establishing the modern laws of war.In the fateful closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, Abraham Lincoln's top military advisors commissioned a code of rules to govern the armies of the United States in a newly intensified war effort. The code Lincoln issued the next spring helped shape the remaining two years of Civil War. Its rules on torture, prisoners of war, assassination, and more quickly became foundations of the modern laws of war and today's Geneva Conventions. Yet the hidden story of Lincoln's code, and of the decades of controversy that lay behind it, has never been told. In this masterful and strikingly original history, John Witt charts the alternately troubled and triumphant course of the laws of war in America from the Founding Founders to the dawn of the modern era, revealing the history of a code that reshaped the laws of war the world over. Ranging from the Revolution to the War of 1812, from war with Mexico to the Civil War, from Indian wars to the brutal counterinsurgency campaign in the Philippines, Witt tells a story that features presidents as well as men in the throes of battle, one that spans war-makers and pacifists, Indians and slaves. In a time of heated controversy about the nation's conduct in the war on terror, Lincoln's Code is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In the fateful closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, Abraham Lincoln's top military advisors commissioned a code of rules to govern the armies of the United States in a newly intensified war effort. The code Lincoln issued the next spring helped shape the remaining two years of Civil War. Its rules on torture, prisoners of war, assassination, and more quickly became foundations of the modern laws of war and today's Geneva Conventions. Yet the hidden story of Lincoln's code, and of the decades of controversy that lay behind it, has never been told. In this masterful and strikingly original history, John Witt charts the alternately troubled and triumphant course of the laws of war in America from the Founding Founders to the dawn of the modern era, revealing the history of a code that reshaped the laws of war the world over. Ranging from the Revolution to the War of 1812, from war with Mexico to the Civil War, from Indian wars to the brutal counterinsurgency campaign in the Philippines, Witt tells a story that features presidents as well as men in the throes of battle, one that spans war-makers and pacifists, Indians and slaves. In a time of heated controversy about the nation's conduct in the war on terror, Lincoln's Code is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience. "--$cProvided by publisher.
505 00 $tThe rights of humanity --$tThe rules of civilized warfare --$tA false feeling of mercy --$tRules of wrong --$tWe don't practise the law of nations --$tBlood is the rich dew of history --$tAct of justice --$tTo save the country --$tSmashing things to the sea --$tSoldiers and gentlemen --$tGlenn's brigade --$gEpilogue.
650 0 $aMilitary law$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aWar$xHistory.
650 0 $aWar and emergency legislation$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xMilitary leadership.
650 0 $aWar (International law)$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Military.$2bisacsh
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy13pdf01/2012006187.html
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/1247/831/9781416569831/image/lgcover.9781416569831.jpg
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1206/2012006187-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1206/2012006187-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012006187-s.html
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