Judge advocates in combat
Subtitle: Army lawyers in military operations from Vietnam to Haiti
By: by Frederic L. Borch
Series: Military legal resources
Publisher: Office of the Judge Advocate General and Center of Military History
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Judge advocates; United States; United States. Army; Lawyers; History
Description: A narrative history, includes actions in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, and Haiti, as well as eleven non-combat deployments such as resettlement operations, disaster relief, and civil disturbance operations. Presents the thesis that the role of the military lawyer in military operations has gradually evolved into an "operational law" (OPLAW), which has enhanced mission success.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-391) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2006] (Military legal resources). Digitized image of the original.