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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 must-read for all who treasure the First Amendment."—Alan M. Dershowitz, Boston Globe — Geoffrey Stone's Perilous Times incisively investigates how the First Amendment and other civil liberties have been compromised in America during wartime. Stone delineates the consistent suppression of free speech in six historical...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393327458
ISBN-10: 0393327450
Publication Date: 10/10/2005
Pages: 800
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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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