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  • Title: Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers
    Date (inclusive): 1981-2000
    Collection Number: 2004C54
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes (3.6 Linear Feet)
    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.
    Creator: Rockwood, Lawrence Peck, 1958-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

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

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004C54.

    Preferred Citation

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

    Biographical/Historical Note

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

    Scope and Content of Collection

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
    Civil rights -- Haiti
    Haiti -- History -- American intervention, 1994-1995
    United States -- Armed Forces -- Haiti