Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America from

Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond

A timely, provocative account of how military justice has shaped American society since the nationâ€™s beginnings.
With a great eye for narrative, historian Chris Bray (himself a former soldier) tells the sweeping story of military justice from the institution of the court martial in the earliest days of the Republic to contemporary arguments over how to use military courts to try foreign terrorists or soldiers accused of sexual assault. Bray recounts the stories of famous American court martials, including those involving President Andrew Jackson, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Lt. Jackie Robinson, and Pvt. Eddie Slovik; he explores how encounters of freed slaves with the military justice system during the Civil War anticipated the Civil Rights movement; and he explains how the Uniform Code of Military Justice came about after World War II. Throughout, he shows that the separate justice system of the armed forces has often served as a proxy for Americaâ€™s ongoing arguments over equality, privacy, discrimination, security, and liberty.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780393243406
ReleaseDate 2016-05-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393243406

Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond