LEADER 05045cam 2200481 a 4500001 ocn759913713 003 OCoLC 005 20141212053225.0 008 120210s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2012006187 020 9781416569831 (hbk.) 020 1416569839 (hbk.) 035 (Sirsi) 40021905296 035 40021905296 035 (OCoLC)759913713 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dIG# |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dBDX |dIH7 |dOCLCO |dRCJ |dIK2 |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 050 00 KF7210 |b.W58 2012 082 00 343.73/01 |223 084 HIS027000BIO008000LAW068000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Witt, John Fabian. |=^A573041 245 10 Lincoln's code : |bthe laws of war in American history / |cJohn Fabian Witt. 250 1st Free Press hardcover ed. 260 New York : |bFree Press, |c2012. 300 viii, 498 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "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 "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 Military law |zUnited States |xHistory. |=^A61535 650 0 War |xHistory. |=^A68918 650 0 War and emergency legislation |zUnited States |xHistory. |=^A1023738 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865. |=^A12252 600 10 Lincoln, Abraham, |d1809-1865 |xMilitary leadership. |=^A23601 650 0 War (International law) |xHistory. |=^A1114380 949 |i30372013904641 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s32.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 3289986