A timely, provocative account of how military justice has shaped American society since the nation’s beginnings. Historian and former soldier Chris Bray tells

Stephen Neff offers the first comprehensive study of the wide range of legal issues arising from the American Civil War, many of which resonate in debates to th

During the Civil War, Confederate military courts sentenced to death more soldiers from North Carolina than from any other state. This study offers the first ex

"The interaction between military and civilian courts, the political power that legal prerogatives can provide to the armed forces, and the difficult process ci

A factual account of how Lincoln's lack of management skills, his vacillation over decisions of military justice, and his complete disregard for the Constitutio