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UNINA9910554491003321 |
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Autore |
Dodds Graham G. |
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Titolo |
Mass pardons in America : rebellion, presidential amnesty, and reconciliation / / Graham G. Dodds |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 294 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pardon - United States |
Presidents - United States |
Government, Resistance to - United States |
Executive power - United States |
Amnesty - United States |
Clemency - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 MASS PARDONS IN HISTORY, LAW, AND POLITICS -- 2 PENNSYLVANIA INSURRECTIONS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY George Washington and John Adams -- 3 MORMON RESISTANCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY James Buchanan, Benjamin Harrison, and Grover Cleveland -- 4 THE CIVIL WAR Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson -- 5 VIETNAM WAR RESISTERS Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX OTHER MASS PARDONS AND AMNESTIES IN THE UNITED STATES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first comprehensive study of how presidential mass pardons have helped put domestic insurrections to rest. Graham G. Dodds examines when and why presidents have issued mass pardons and amnesties to deal with domestic rebellion and attempt to reunite the country. |
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