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Lincoln's Code (Paperback)
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Lincoln's Code (Paperback)
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Bancroft Prize Winner
ABA Silver Gavel Award Winner
A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year
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 deeply original 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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