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Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bancroft 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 underst

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Author

Witt, John Fabian

Publisher

Free Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416569831

Category

history

Subjects

Law, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.87 / 5 (115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14