If this be treason : the American rogues and rebels who walked the line between dissent and betrayal / / Jeremy Duda
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Duda Jeremy <1980->
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| Titolo: |
If this be treason : the American rogues and rebels who walked the line between dissent and betrayal / / Jeremy Duda
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| Pubblicazione: | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
| [Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified] | |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dissenters - United States - History |
| Treason - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government |
| United States History | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | If this be treason |
| ISBN: | 1-4930-2402-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798685003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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