The infamous Dakota War Trials of 1862 : revenge, military law and the judgment of history /

"This book examines the Dakota War trials from the perspective of 19th century military law. The author discusses the causes and far-reaching consequences of the war, claims of widespread atrocities, the modern debate over the role of culture in lawful warfare and how the war has been depicted...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haymond, John A., 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2016.
Temas:
1862-1865
Trials (Military offenses) > Minnesota.
Trials (Military offenses) > United States.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry > Minnesota.
Dakota Indians > Wars, 1862-1865.
Judicial error > Minnesota.
Military law > United States > History.
Military law > Minnesota > History.
Indians, Treatment of > United States.
Dakota Indians > History.
Procès (Délits militaires) > Minnesota.
Procès (Délits militaires) > États-Unis.
Dakota > Guerres, 1862-1865.
Erreur judiciaire > Minnesota.
Attitudes envers les Peuples autochtones > États-Unis.
Dakota > Histoire.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Dakota Indians
Indians, Treatment of
Judicial error
Military law
Trials (Military offenses)
Minnesota
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Introduction: Beginning at an End ; Part One: The War; 1. A War and Its Language; 2. Spark, Fuel and Fire ; 3. The Acton Murders ; 4. "Over the earth I come" ; 5. "My heart is hardened" ; Part Two: The Trials; 6. "Ferreting out and punishing the guilty"; 7. The Trials Begin
  • 8. Questions of Legality 9. "A species of domestic rebellion" ; 10. Due Process and the Lack Thereof ; 11. The Rush to Judgment ; 12. Violation of the Law: Sibley's Error ; Part Three: The Reckoning; 13. March to the Gallows; 14. Mass Punishment ; 15. The Executions
  • 16. Concentration Camps and Ethnic Cleansing 17. The Later Military Commission Trials ; Part Four: The Controversies; 18. Crimes or Culture?; 19. "The most horrible and nameless outrages" ; 20. "A fair fight": Crimes That Were Not Crimes ; 21. Exaggeration, Errors and Evidence: The Atrocity Debate
  • 22. The Power of the Self-Perpetuating MythPart Five: The Aftermath; 23. Misspelled Names, Misplaced Records and Mistaken Identities; 24. Confusion and Contradictions ; 25. Oral Histories ; 26. Victims of Every Kind ; 27. After the Storm ; Conclusion ; Notes on Sources ; Appendix: The Creation of Military Commissions ; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography

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