Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers, 1981-2000

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Summary

Creators:
Rockwood, Lawrence Peck, 1958-
Abstract:
Trial records, legal documents, correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter, relating to the court-martial of Lawrence Peck Rockwood for an unauthorized attempt to investigate human rights conditions in Haiti, and to issues of American military obligations regarding human rights.
Extent:
9 manuscript boxes (3.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains trial records, legal documents, correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter, relating to the court-martial of Lawrence Peck Rockwood for an unauthorized attempt to investigate human rights conditions in Haiti, and to issues of American military obligations regarding human rights.

Biographical / historical:

Captain, United States Army; counterintelligence officer in Haiti, 1994.

Date Event
1958
Lawrence Peck Rockwood is born in Trenton, New Jersey
1958-1968
Lived in Germany, Turkey, and France as his father traveled for the military
1968
Moved to Gainesville, Florida
1977-1983
Served as a substance abuse and behavior science counselor for the military in Germany
1984-1986
Enrolled in graduate school at the University of Florida
1990
Became a counterintelligence officer
1994
Conducted an unauthorized investigation into human rights violations at the prisons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1995
Was court-martialed and discharged from the military
2001
Denied Writ of Certiorari by Supreme Court
2005
Received his PhD in American Diplomatic History from the University of Florida
2007
His book, Walking Away from Nuremburg: Just War and the Doctrine of Command Responsibility in the American Military Profession, is published
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2004C54.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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