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Lincoln's code : the laws of war in American history
Witt, John Fabian
Adult Nonfiction KF7210 .W58 2012
Witt, John Fabian
Adult Nonfiction KF7210 .W58 2012
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| Contents | Page |
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| Prologue | p. 1 |
| Part I - You Have Brought Me into Hell! | p. 11 |
| 1 - The Rights of Humanity | p. 13 |
| Washington and the Moral Logic of War | |
| Jefferson's Savage Enlightenment | |
| Franklin and the Mythology of the Revolution | |
| 2 - The Rules of Civilized Warfare | p. 49 |
| The Art of Neutrality | |
| A Path to War | |
| American War, American Slavery | |
| 3 - A False Feeling of Mercy | p. 79 |
| Lawyers, Soldiers, and Seamen | |
| The God of Scalps | |
| Andrew Jackson and the Militia Tradition | |
| 4 - Rules of Wrong | p. 109 |
| Canada | |
| Mexico | |
| Paris | |
| Part II - A Few Things Barbarous or Cruel | p. 139 |
| 5 - We Don't Practise the Law of Nations | p. 141 |
| A Strange Inconsistency | |
| Dog Eat Dog | |
| Hero of the Hour | |
| 6 - Blood Is the Rich Dew of History | p. 170 |
| Would to God, I, Too, Could Act! | |
| Clausewitz in New York | |
| Guerrillas in Missouri | |
| 7 - Act of Justice | p. 197 |
| Worse Than Savages | |
| The Highest Principles Known to Christian Civilization | |
| Abstain from All Violence | |
| 8 - To Save the Country | p. 220 |
| Simply as Men | |
| Responsible to God | |
| No Distinction of Color | |
| 9 - Smashing Things to the Sea | p. 250 |
| A Most Solemn Obligation | |
| Holt's Bright Young Men | |
| Which Party Can Whip | |
| 10 - Soldiers and Gentlemen | p. 285 |
| To Assassinate Everybody | |
| A Citizen of Indiana | |
| Combatants in Open War | |
| Part III - The Howling Desert | p. 325 |
| 11 - Glenn's Brigade | p. 327 |
| Stay the Hand of Retribution | |
| The House in the Wood | |
| To the Philippines and Back Again | |
| Epilogue | p. 366 |
| Appendix: Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field | p. 375 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 395 |
| Abbreviations Used in the Notes | p. 399 |
| Notes | p. 401 |
| Illustration Credits | p. 471 |
| Index | p. 475 |
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