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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, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Stone, Geoffrey R.
- Description
- xvii, 220 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Geoffrey R. Stone has now produced this condensed history of individual freedoms in six crucial periods of conflict - from the 1790s to the present day - along with an in-depth examination of how our constitutional rights have fared in the Bush era. This historical narrative offers a revealing introduction to our most essential constitutional rights."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- 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
- 0393330044
- LCCN
- 2006102204
- OCLC
- ocm77821456
- 77821456
- SCSB-8807349
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library