Death or Deliverance : Canadian Courts Martial in the Great War.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (192 pages)
- Studies in Canadian Military History Series .
- Studies in Canadian Military History Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Competing Ideologies -- 2 Military Law: An Overview -- 3 The Crimes -- 4 The Court Martial Process -- 5 The Confirmation Process -- 6 Pardon Campaigns -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In this eye-opening account of military law in the Great War, courts martials emerge not as brutal, merciless dispensers of frontline justice but as courts capable of mercy.
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