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Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained form of battle ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. The Verdict of Battle explains why the ritualized violence of the past was more effective than modern warfare in bringing carnage to an end, and why humanitarian laws that cling to a notion of war as evil have led to longer, more barbaric conflicts. Belief that sovereigns could, by rights, wage war for profit ...
This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.
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Moses S. Curtis was born in Bennington County, Vermont in 1823 and died in 1879. In 1851 he married Rebecca McComb Folwell. She was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania 1835 she died in 1876. The had 3 children.
Chiefly a record of the descendants of brothers Alexander Clarke and Jeremiah Clark. Alexander was born ca. 1725 and died about 1782. He married Joannah May, who was born in 1740 and died after 1838. Jeremiah was born ca. 1739 and died ca. 1780. He married Nancy Ann, who was born ca. 1743 and died 8 Nov 1836. Alexander and Joannah were the parents of nine children. Jeremiah and Nancy were the parents of seven children. Descendants of these men lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.