Free Speech in the Good War

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Troubled by the 'herd' instinct and repression unleashed by World War I, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes insisted that the right of any American to be heard depended on the right of all Americans to speak regardless of how obnoxious their views.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-05-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:309
Upplaga:1999
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9780312173364

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

RICHARD W. STEELE is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University where he received his doctorate in American history in l969. He has worked as an Archivist for the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and as a historian for the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has written two other books and many articles.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction PART I: FRANK MURPHY: FROM FREE SPEECH FOR EVERYONE TO THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST UN-AMERICANISM 1919-1939 Repression Rejected Reform and a Mission for the Justice Department Un-Americanism and the Culture of Investigation The Onset of War Symbolic Prosecution PART II: ROBERT JACKSON: 'HOLDING THE LINE AT A DECENT POINT' Jackson and the 'Lawyerly Way' No American OGPU 'Drawing the Line at a Decent Point' Changing Concepts of Civil Liberties Dealing With Labor 'Subversives' PART III: FRANCIS BIDDLE: COMPROMISE AND RESISTANCE Proving Himself The Suspect List and the Enemy Alien No Tolerance for the Intolerant Censorship Black Sedition Exclusion, Denaturalization and Deportation Conclusion Obnoxious Speech on Trial