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Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from The Sedition Act of 1798 to The War on Terrorism
Perilous Times Free Speech in Wartime from The Sedition Act of 1798 to The War on Terrorism
Author: Geoffrey R. Stone
"A masterpiece of constitutional history, Perilous Times promises to redefine the national debate on civil liberties and free speech."—Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School Geoffrey Stone's Perilous Times incisively investigates how the First Amendment and other civil liberties have been compromised in America during wartime...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393058802
ISBN-10: 0393058808
Publication Date: 10/25/2004
Pages: 730
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A book that investigates the civil liberties during wartimes, and how the Sedition Act was used to silence critics. It chronicles the history from the 1700s up until the War on Terror.


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