Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction

by Eugene R. Fidell

"You can't handle the truth." These iconic words, bellowed by Jack Nicholson as Colonel Jessup in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men, became an emblem of the conflict between honor and truth that the collective imagination often considers the quintessence of military justice. The military is the rare part of contemporary society that enjoys the privilege of policing its own members' behavior, with special courts and a separate body of rules. Whether one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199303495
• ISBN13: 9780199303496
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.7"