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Peace suspended by a sword: honor & justifications of violence in Breaker Morant

J.B. PotterDepartment of German, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 942-961 | Received 01 Feb 2022, Accepted 01 Jul 2022, Published online: 10 Jul 2022

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