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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
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004C54.
[Identification of item], Lawrence Peck Rockwood papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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