Minotaur: French Military Justice and the Aernoult-Rousset Affair

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1—“L’Armée, c’est la Nation” 10 2—The Theory and Practice of French Military Justice 23 3—The View from the Left 46 4—The Dreyfus Affair and the Debate over Military Justice 69 5—“Can the Judge of Liberty Be the Judge of Obedience?” 92 6—Djennan-ed-Dar, 1909 108 7—The Aernoult-Rousset Affair—Terms of Engagement 129 8—Triumph of the Political 146 9—The Rousset Murder Case 161 10—Breaking Codes 180 11—“Glory to Rousset” 195 12—Marmande Agonistes 214 Afterword—Theseus Unbound 232 Appendix A—Judicial Dossier of Émile Rousset 241 Appendix B—General Rabier’s Report 243 Appendix C—Lieutenant Pan-Lacroix’s Report 245 Appendix D—Les Temps Nouveaux 247 Notes 249 Bibliography 271 Index 277 ...