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Author Stone, Geoffrey R.

Title Perilous times : free speech in wartime : from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the war on terrorism / Geoffrey R. Stone.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  323.443 St71p 2005    ---  Available
Description xx, 730 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0393327450 (pbk.)
9780393327458 (pbk.)

 
    
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