Lincoln's code : the laws of war in American history

Lincoln's code : the laws of war in American history

New York : Free Press, 2012.

viii, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

343.01 W822 2012

(OCoLC)759913713

History of the pioneering American role in establishing the modern laws of war.In the fateful closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, Abraham Lincoln's top military advisors commissioned a code of rules to govern the armies of the United States in a newly intensified war effort. The code Lincoln issued the next spring helped shape the remaining two years of Civil War. Its rules on torture, prisoners of war, assassination, and more quickly became foundations of the modern laws of war and today's Geneva Conventions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-470) and index.
L2012M163

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