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Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History

by John Fabian Witt

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 c

Publisher

Free Press

Publication date

Jul 02, 2013

Format

Print edition

Pages

512

ISBN

9781416576174