Lawful Orders by Jonathan P. Tomes

This is a military book. It starts with a soldier disobeying an order from a superior officer in Vietnam. He is injured the next day and nothing is done about the disobedience until both of the men are in the same class at Leavenworth. They are both Majors by this time but the one who was disobeyed wants the other to be charged.
Armstrong charges Thomas with mutiny since disobeying a lawful order was beyond the statute of limitations. The book then goes through the whole trial. Thomas is charged with mutiny but the charge is unable to be upheld since all aspects of the charge are not there. The judge states that Thomas is not guilty of the mutiny charge but can still be tried on the disobeying a lawful order charge. Thomas wants to continue the trial on the lawful order charge even though he could get out of it by invoking the statute of limitations.
I found the way the book ended to be very good. It drew me in because I just had to know what happened to Major Thomas. I was relieved when I saw how the book ended. It was an emotional ride while the trial was going on and then with the way the book ended it was very fitting.
This was a wonderful book that everyone could benefit from reading. It shows the way that the military deals with its own people and what happens when they disobey an order.