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Lincoln's Code

Lincoln's Code

Witt, John Fabian

Paperback

Military BiographiesGeneral LawGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 1416576177
ISBN13: 9781416576174
Publisher: Free Pr
Published: Jul 2 2013
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: PROSE
This acclaimed, award-winning book is a sweeping history (The New York Times Book Review) of the code of laws of war for American armies, set forth by Abraham Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War. In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime--concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves--that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln's code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war. In this truly remarkable (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book, John Fabian Witt tells the fascinating history of the laws of war and its eminent cast of characters--Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and Lincoln--as they crafted the articles that would change the course of world history. Witt's engrossing exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of the laws of war is a prehistory of our own era. Lincoln's Code reveals that the heated controversies of twenty-first-century warfare have roots going back to the beginnings of American history. It is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience.

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