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 | #338997 in Books |  Free Press |  2013-07-02 |  2013-07-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.37 x1.40 x5.50l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 512 pages

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||28 of 29 people found the following review helpful.| A clearly written historical legal text|By gt surber|This is a well and clearly written, detailed discussion of the development of the Laws of War from the viewpoint of the USA as developed over the years of our Revolutionary War to President's Lincoln's General Orders Number 100, 1862, on the conduct of War during our Civil War. The horrors of war are presented in a nuanced| |“Magnificent . . . Lincoln’s Code is both a celebratory chronicle of American lawmaking and a gruesome record of American wartime cruelty. . . . This monumental book, resting on colossal archival research and packed with memorable stories an

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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....

You easily download any file type for your device.Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History   |  John Fabian Witt.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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