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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798685003321

Autore

Duda Jeremy <1980->

Titolo

If this be treason : the American rogues and rebels who walked the line between dissent and betrayal / / Jeremy Duda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016

[Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2016

ISBN

1-4930-2402-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

973

Soggetti

Dissenters - United States - History

Treason - United States - History

United States Politics and government

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

firstHeading; _GoBack; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Unauthorized Peacemaker; Chapter 2 Speech Becomes Sedition; Chapter 3 The Federalists' Last Stand; Chapter 4 The Rogue Diplomat; Chapter 5 The Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny; Chapter 6 Striking the Copperhead; Chapter 7 The Will of the People Undone; Chapter 8 American Bolshevik; Chapter 9 The Press Goes to War; Chapter 10 The Road to McCarthyism; Chapter 11 The Chennault Affair; Chapter 12 Arms for Hostages and Money for Freedom Fighters; Epilogue A Right to Know; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Treason is the only crime explicitly defined in America's Constitution, and treason charges have been brought less than 30 times in American history. Yet, time and again throughout American history, cries of "treason" ring out against someone or some group whose actions seem to toe the line between American dissent and American betrayal. If This Be Treason covers a half-dozen cases of near-treason, from the 18th Century's George Logan to today's Edward Snowden, providing a unique lens through which to view American history, partisan politics, global



politics, how freedom of the press and free