Scapegoats: thirteen victims of military injustice

Foreword / Magnus Linklater

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Captain Jahleel Brenton Carey: The Killing of the Prince Imperial June 1879

2. Captain Charles McVay: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis July 1945

3. Admiral John Byng: 'Pour encourager les autres' March 1757

4. Captain Alfred Dreyfus: J'accuse October 1894

5. Lieutenant General James 'Pete' Longstreet: The 'Old War Horse' of Gettysburg July 1863

6. Lance Corporal Robert Jesse Short: Mutiny at Étaples October 1917

7. Major General Jackie Smyth VCMC: Disaster of the Sittang Bridge February 1942

8. Lieutenant General Sir Charles Warren GCMG KCB: 'Scapegoat-in-Chief of the Army in South Africa' January 1900

9. Brigadier George Taylor DSO and Bar: The Battle of Maryang San October 1951

10. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan: Scapegoat of the Peninsula July 1811

11. Marquis Joseph Francois Dupleix: Nawab of the Carnatic August 1754

12. Lieutenant General David 'Dado' Elazar: Atonement October 1973

13. Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire OC CMM GOQ MSC CD: Massacre in Rwanda April 1994

Epilogue

Sources

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Index