05473cam a2200697Ki 4500 on1052619750 OCoLC 20241121072746.0 m d cr cnu|||||||| 180917s2018 ksu ob 001 0 eng 2018016614 LGG eng rda pn LGG JSTOR EBLCP YDX UBY OCLCQ OTZ U3W N$T 1051136878 9780700626663 (electronic bk.) 0700626662 (electronic bk.) 9780700626656 0700626654 2107838 (N$T) (OCoLC)1052619750 (OCoLC)1051136878 22573/ctv5hbdmv JSTOR n-us--- UB433 .M39 2018eb HIS 027130 bisacsh TEC 025000 bisacsh 355.1/342 23 MAIN Mears, Dwight S., author. 11620 The Medal of Honor : the evolution of America's highest military decoration / Dwight S. Mears. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018] 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Legal and policy history -- From the Revolution through the Civil War: background and inception -- Filling the Army's policy vacuum: 1876-1897 -- The Spanish-American War, Veracruz, and Navy officers: 1898-1915 -- The Purge of 1917: The Army rewrites its award history -- World War I: The birth of the Pyramid of Honor -- The interwar period: a bifurcated Medal of Honor and new decorations -- World War II: growing pains and the end of noncombat awards -- The Korean and Vietnam Wars: new combat thresholds -- Post-Vietnam: modern concern over the decline in award frequency -- Exceptions to the rules: legislative, administrative, and judicial relief -- Early bills of relief and extralegislative awards -- Modern bills of relief: 10 U.S.C. 1130 -- Administrative remedies: Boards for Correction -- Administrative restorations: Mary Walker and William Cody -- Judicial remedies: the Administrative Procedure Act -- Correction of discrimination or impropriety -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Summary of Medal of Honor legislation (excluding bills of relief). "In The Medal of Honor, Dwight Mears takes a comprehensive look at the historical, legal, and policy underpinnings of the Medal of Honor (often referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor), America's highest military decoration for valor in combat. In recent years the medal's eligibility criteria have been largely standardized among all military services. Prior to 1963, however, different criteria for the Medal of Honor existed between the Army and the Navy due to different controlling statutes and policies as well as divergent perceptions about the award's purpose. The early twentieth century was a turning point for both military services, as the period saw the codification of legislation designed to keep the award from undeserving recipients, largely in reaction to perceived legal and policy errors or omissions of the past. The medal's continued statutory and policy evolution has produced a number of contemporary concerns, including perceptions that bureaucratic and legislative barriers have effectively pushed the decoration out of reach of deserving service members, and that remedies were necessary to correct for past discrimination that resulted in the unfair downgrade of many awards in earlier conflicts. Existing literature on the Medal of Honor avoids in-depth analysis, preferring instead to focus on the most deserving recipients in different periods of US history. Due to its depth and comprehensiveness, The Medal of Honor is likely to be the definitive book on the subject."--Provided by publisher. Print version record. Added to collection customer.56279.3 Medal of Honor History. 11621 Military decorations Law and legislation United States. 11622 Decorations of honor Law and legislation United States. 11623 Medals Law and legislation United States. 11624 Decorations of honor Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst00889311 11625 Medal of Honor. fast (OCoLC)fst01013527 11626 Medals Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01013543 11627 Military decorations Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01909888 11628 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 HISTORY / Military / Other bisacsh 5387 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science bisacsh 5388 Electronic books. 3907 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 3689 Print version: Mears, Dwight S. Medal of Honor. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018] 9780700626656 0700626654 (DLC) 2018016614 (OCoLC)1032014828 Book collections on Project MUSE. 10735 EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2107838 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL5508217 Project MUSE MUSE muse67832 YBP Library Services YANK 15688931 EBSCOhost EBSC 2107838 92 N$T 7101 7101