Lincoln on Trial: Southern Civilians and the Law of War Hardcover - 2010
by Burrus M. Carnahan
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In light of recent controversies related to the treatment of enemy prisoners in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Guant�namo Bay, the regulation of government actions in wartime has become a hot-button global issue. By today's standards, Lincoln's adherence to the laws of war could be considered questionable, and his critics, past and present, have not hesitated to charge him as a war criminal. His apologists, however, defend his actions as reasonable and humane. Is it possible that Lincoln could be condemned as a war criminal based on the accepted standards and customs of warfare of his time?
Noted scholar Burrus M. Carnahan resolves this question in Lincoln on Trial: Southern Civilians and the Law of War, examining the president's reactions to the treatment and mistreatment of Southern civilians by Union forces. This stylishly written work departs from previous studies by framing the issue from Lincoln's perspective. Carnahan's thorough examination of the president's war policies offers new insights regarding his wartime behavior and his character.
Developing an intimate portrait of the American president, Carnahan allows other questions to surface. What information was available to Lincoln, when did he receive it, and how did he react to the knowledge? Carnahan's perceptive analysis of critical issues such as the bombardment of cities, collateral damage to civilians, and the execution of hostages places Lincoln's decisions in their proper context. Carnahan also investigates a wide range of historical materials, from accounts of the Dahlgren raid to the voices of Southern civilians who bore the brunt of extensive wartime destruction.
Instead of issuing the late president a verdict of guilty or not guilty, Carnahan carefully considers the differences in historical and modern standards of war. Lincoln on Trial documents President Lincoln's policies toward Southerners, offering readers a unique glimpse of nineteenth-century warfare as well as the greatest president.
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- Title Lincoln on Trial: Southern Civilians and the Law of War
- Author Burrus M. Carnahan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition first printing
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington
- Date 2010
- ISBN 9780813125695 / 0813125693
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.78 in (23.37 x 16.26 x 1.98 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: South
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Just war doctrine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009040204
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.709
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