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

by Chris Bray

Book Overview

Historian and former soldier Chris Bray tells the sweeping story of military justice from the earliest days of the republic to contemporary arguments over using military courts to try foreign terrorists or soldiers accused of sexual assault. Stretching from the American Revolution to 9/11, Court-Martial recounts the stories of famous American court-martials, including those involving President Andrew Jackson, General William Tecumseh Sherman, Lieutenant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393243400
• ISBN13: 9780393243406
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"