Iacobelli, Teresa.

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.

9780774825696


World War, 1914-1918 -- Desertions -- Canada.
Military deserters -- Canada -- History.
Capital punishment -- Canada -- History.


Electronic books.

KE7197 -- .I23 2013eb

343.71/0143