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Unsafe for Democracy: World War I and the U.S. Justice Department's Covert Campaign to Suppress Dissent (Studies in American Thought and Culture)
William H. Thomas Jr.
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Hardcover. During the First World War it was the task of the US Department of Justice, using the Espionage Act and its later Sedition Act amendment, to prosecute and convict those who opposed America's entry into the conflict. This book shows that the Justice Department did not stop at this official charge but went much further. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
During the First World War it was the task of the U.S. Department of Justice, using the newly passed Espionage Act and its later Sedition Act amendment, to prosecute and convict those who opposed America's entry into the conflict. In ""Unsafe for Democracy"", historian William H. Thomas Jr. shows that the Justice Department did not stop at this official charge but went much further - paying cautionary visits to suspected dissenters, pressuring them to express support of the war effort, or intimidating them into silence. At times going under cover, investigators tried to elicit the unguarded comments of individuals believed ... Read more
During the First World War it was the task of the U.S. Department of Justice, using the newly passed Espionage Act and its later Sedition Act amendment, to prosecute and convict those who opposed America's entry into the conflict. In ""Unsafe for Democracy"", historian William H. Thomas Jr. shows that the Justice Department did not stop at this official charge but went much further - paying cautionary visits to suspected dissenters, pressuring them to express support of the war effort, or intimidating them into silence. At times going under cover, investigators tried to elicit the unguarded comments of individuals believed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in American Thought and Culture
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299228903
SKU
V9780299228903
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About William H. Thomas Jr.
William H. Thomas Jr., an independent scholar, received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He lives in O'Fallon, Illinois.
Reviews for Unsafe for Democracy: World War I and the U.S. Justice Department's Covert Campaign to Suppress Dissent (Studies in American Thought and Culture)
Thomas has dug deeper than any previous scholar into the records of the U.S. Justice Department during World War I, and unearthed a new history of what it meant to be an obedient citizen in wartime. - Christopher Capozzola, author of Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen ""An important and timely ... Read more