Lincoln's code : the laws of war in American history /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Witt, John Fabian
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Free Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Military law > United States > History. War > History. War and emergency legislation > United States > History. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865. Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Military leadership. War (International law) > History. HISTORY / Military / General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military. LAW / Military.
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Table of Contents:

The rights of humanity
The rules of civilized warfare
A false feeling of mercy
Rules of wrong
We don't practise the law of nations
Blood is the rich dew of history
Act of justice
To save the country
Smashing things to the sea
Soldiers and gentlemen
Glenn's brigade
Epilogue.