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In 1854, British cavalry rode the length of a valley into a fully defended battery, because an order passed down a broken chain of command left no legitimate room to refuse it. The charge was not unlawful. It was catastrophic anyway, and for a century and a half its lesson has been mistaken for a story about courage rather than a story about command.
In The Order and the Valley, Gerard Tod turns to the modern American military: a department renamed for war, the senior military lawyers dismissed for standing in its way, a September 2025 strike that reportedly left no survivors by design, and a president who has described his own Navy's operations as piracy. Using the doctrine built after Nuremberg to answer the question Balaclava never had to ask, the book asks what a service member owes an order, and what an order can never demand in return.
This is not an argument for disobedience, and it does not ask readers to doubt the men and women who serve. It asks who is responsible for making sure the orders they are given deserve to be followed.
The soldier may have to obey before every question is answered. The citizen does not.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In 1854, British cavalry rode the length of a valley into a fully defended battery, because an order passed down a broken chain of command left no legitimate room to refuse it. The charge was not unlawful. It was catastrophic anyway, and for a century and a half its lesson has been mistaken for a story about courage rather than a story about command. In The Order and the Valley, Gerard Tod turns to the modern American military: a department renamed for war, the senior military lawyers dismissed for standing in its way, a September 2025 strike that reportedly left no survivors by design, and a president who has described his own Navy's operations as piracy. Using the doctrine built after Nuremberg to answer the question Balaclava never had to ask, the book asks what a service member owes an order, and what an order can never demand in return. This is not an argument for disobedience, and it does not ask readers to doubt the men and women who serve. It asks who is responsible for making sure the orders they are given deserve to be followed. The soldier may have to obey before every question is answered. The citizen does not. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798190706581
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