Lincoln's Code by Witt, John Fabian
Lincoln's Code by Witt, John Fabian

Lincoln's Code

Pulitzer Prize FinalistBancroft Prize WinnerABA Silver Gavel Award WinnerA New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn...
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Lincoln's Code by Witt, John Fabian

Lincoln's Code

$72.45
Lincoln's Code by Witt, John Fabian

Lincoln's Code

$72.45
Author: John Fabian Witt
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Pulitzer Prize FinalistBancroft Prize WinnerABA Silver Gavel Award WinnerA New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn 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.

Author: John Fabian Witt
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781416576174


Award: PROSE - Honorable Mention


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/04/2013 pg. 24

About the Author
Witt, John Fabian: - John Fabian Witt is the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, a professor in the Yale history department, and a Guggenheim Foundation fellow. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, the Harvard Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, among other publications. Witt is the author of The Accidental Republic, which was awarded book prizes by the Harvard Press Board of Syndics, the American Society for Legal History, and the Law and Society Association.

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