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Title: THE WORD OF A GENTLEMAN AND THE OATH OF A PATRIOT: Military Parole in the American Civil War
Authors: Willet, Mary
Department of History
Keywords: American Civil War
international law
honour
prisoners of war
military parole
laws of war
Issue Date: 2011
Abstract: The use and eventual demise of military parole in the American Civil War provides a key insight into the changing nature of ‘military honour’ in America’s bloodiest conflict. This thesis will use parole to examine America’s engagement and dedication to European international law, the prevalence of ‘honour’ in Union and Confederate armies and the way a pre-war culture of honour was challenged both by the harsh realities of nineteenth-century warfare and by the uniquely American way parole was employed during the Civil War.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7995
Department/Unit/Centre: Department of History
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