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War and liberty : an American dilemma : 1790 to the present /

Title
War and liberty : an American dilemma : 1790 to the present / Geoffrey R. Stone.
Author
Stone, Geoffrey R.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.

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Additional Authors
Stone, Geoffrey R.
Description
xvii, 220 p.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Civil rights > United States > History
  • Freedom of speech > United States > History
Note
  • "War and liberty" is an abridgement and adaptation of an earlier work, "Perilous times : free speech in wartime, from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the war on terrorism. W. W. Norton, 2004."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-204) and index.
Contents
Preface: war fever -- The half war with France: "The reign of witches" -- The Civil War: "The man who holds the power" -- World War I: "Disloyalty must be crushed out of existence" -- World War II: "a Jap's a Jap" -- The Cold War: "The scaremongers" -- The Vietnam War: "To expose, disrupt, and otherwise neutralize" -- The war on terrorism: "Not a blank check" -- Conclusion: A culture of civil liberties.
ISBN
  • 9780393330045 (pbk.)
  • 0393330044 (pbk.)
LCCN
2006102204
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library