The infamous Dakota War Trials of 1862 : revenge, military law and the judgment of history / John A. Haymond.
2016
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Title
The infamous Dakota War Trials of 1862 : revenge, military law and the judgment of history / John A. Haymond.
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Call Number
KF7641 .H39 2016
ISBN
9781476665108 (print)
1476665109 (print)
9781476625072 (ebook)
1476665109 (print)
9781476625072 (ebook)
Description
x, 263 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)933590620
Summary
"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 by historians"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-260) and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
1
Introduction: Beginning at an End
3
pt. One
War
1.
War and Its Language
7
2.
Spark, Fuel and Fire
11
3.
Acton Murders
19
4.
"Over the earth I come"
24
5.
"My heart is hardened"
39
pt. Two
Trials
6.
"Ferreting out and punishing the guilty"
47
7.
Trials Begin
52
8.
Questions of Legality
59
9.
"A species of domestic rebellion"
65
10.
Due Process and the Lack Thereof
69
11.
Rush to Judgment
84
12.
Violation of the Law: Sibley's Error
89
pt. Three
Reckoning
13.
March to the Gallows
99
14.
Mass Punishment
114
15.
Executions
119
16.
Concentration Camps and Ethnic Cleansing
126
17.
Later Military Commission Trials
132
pt. Four
Controversies
18.
Crimes or Culture?
141
19.
"The most horrible and nameless outrages"
152
20.
"A fair fight": Crimes That Were Not Crimes
156
21.
Exaggeration, Errors and Evidence: The Atrocity Debate
165
22.
Power of the Self-Perpetuating Myth
184
pt. Five
Aftermath
23.
Misspelled Names, Misplaced Records and Mistaken Identities
191
24.
Confusion and Contradictions
198
25.
Oral Histories
207
26.
Victims of Every Kind
218
27.
After the Storm
222
Conclusion
226
Notes on Sources
231
Appendix: The Creation of Military Commissions
237
Chapter Notes
239
Bibliography
254
Index
261