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Punitive Damages [Explicit]
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1912 ABOR WOUNDED PUNITIVE EXPEDITION SANTA CRUZ MATEMA
$18.00
A page and reverse from the Illustrated London News date 1912, an illustrated weekly newspaper weeks date as shown on top of page, the size of each page is approximately 15 x 10.5 inches (380x270). All are genuine prints, the Illustrated London News is an illustrated magazine which was first printed in 1842 and is the finest pictorial example of a historic social record of British and world events up to the present day. The ILN is known for its coverage of the following subjects the wars, ships, boats, guns, sailing, portraits, fine art, old and antique prints, wood cut, wood engravings, early photographs, Victorian life, Victorian culture, kings, queens, royalty, travels, adventures, natural history, birds, fish, mammals, fishing, hunting, shooting, fox hunting, sports including tennis, cricket, football, horse racing, politics and many more items of interest founded by Herbert Ingram may 14th 1842.

Punitive Damage (Home Use)
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On 13 November 1991, Helen Todd a Pakeha New Zealander received a call saying that her son, Kamal, had been shot and killed on a small island the world knew little about - East Timor. Kamal had been on an "illegal" protest march and was killed along with an estimated 271 unarmed East Timorese at the Santa Cruz cemetery. Punitive Damage followed Helen as she attempted to gain justice for the death of her son, and for the countless lives of those murdered in East Timor while it was under Indonesian military occupation from 1975 to 1999. Aided by the New York law firm the Center for Constitutional Rights Helen was able to sue an Indonesian general when he was sent to Harvard University for "further training". With eyewitness accounts from Timorese exiles, and clandestinely shot footage and photographs, the film provides damning evidence against the Indonesian military and the superpower funding it received. The court case created an important precedent in a growing global trend to bring international human rights violators to trial. Both Kamal's death and Helen's determination to achieve justice helped the Timorese in their struggle for independence, finally gained in 1999, the time of the film's release.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals (Modern War Studies)
$29.95
Confederate guerrillas are the subject of many books on the Civil War. Mosby, Quantrill, the sack of Lawrence, Bloody Bill Anderson or Missouri is the subject of many books. These books look at the guerrilla war from a Confederate perspective, with a slight nod to the Union's response. I do not recall a book that looks at the guerrilla war from the Union side, nor one that cover the punitive actions without sensationalism or rancor. Clay Mountcastle gives us a unique view in this small, well-written book by doing just that.
Lincoln and much of the North under estimated the depth of commitment to secession existing throughout the South. This lead to a policy of restraint, expecting kindness would case the majority of Southerners to return to the Union. In truth, Southerners were very committed to the cause showing a refusal to be conquered and occupied. This refusal manifested itself in burning bridges, tearing down telegraph wires, pulling up rails, sniping or attacking isolated groups of soldiers. Armies excel at fighting battles against other armies. They do not excel at guarding miles of railroad tracks or telegraph lines. Chasing after locals, trying to determine which civilian had fired on a riverboat or burned a bride is not a good mission for soldiers. Hours of marching, enduring dust and heat with little or nothing to show for it wears away restraint and builds contempt for those locals.
Starting in Missouri, moving down the Mississippi River, marching in Georgia and ending in the Shenandoah Valley we follow the North's response to the guerrilla problem in the field, at headquarters, in Washington and in the press. This is a history of the development and implementation of a policy of reprisals against civilian property. Systematically, the author shows how reprisals became a bottom-up and a top down policy. Men in the field tired of attacks and fruitless marches started attacking farms or towns. In turn, department commanders faced with an invisible foe in a "defeated" area were unable to maintain order in the face of small-scale attacks. In turn, Washington faced with a break down in the field harden the policy and accepted reprisals as policy.
This is an excellent history of punitive war and is much more than a list of towns burned or farms devastated. It is a history of a policy change that changed the face of war forever. The author has written a well-supported thesis, with full footnotes and a bibliography. Well thought out and presented, this book is history of the Union effort to break the South's will to fight by reprisals. The author says this took place "in the space and time between battles". This is true but foe many men in the Union army this was the Civil War they fought.
This book is a valuable addition to my Civil War library, presenting a view of the war that moves past "Battles and Leaders" into the reality of "the space and time between battles". This is a story that will resonate with veterans of our modern wars. Guerrilla warfare is becoming the norm and how this was "handled" in our history is important.