Perilous times : free speech in wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the war on terrorism
Presents an investigation of civil liberties during wartime from the 1798 Sedition Act under John Adams through the major wars of the twentieth century and War on Terrorism and examines America's tendency to compromise first amendment rights in the name of national security
Print Book, English, 2005
1st pbk. ed View all formats and editions
W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2005
History
xx, 730 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780393327458, 9780393058802, 0393327450, 0393058808
62231671
War fever
The "half war" with France : the first First Amendment
The Civil War : Mr. Lincoln's first amendment
World War I : "clear and present danger"?
World War II : "nothing to fear"?
The Cold War : the first amendment in extremis
The Vietnam War : the Supreme Court's first amendment
The secret of liberty