Unsafe for Democracy World War I and the U. S. Justice Department's Covert Campaign to Suppress Dissent |
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| Author:
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Thomas, William H. |
| Series title: | Studies in American Thought and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-22896-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Big book |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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During World War I 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,...
More DescriptionDuring World War I 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 undercover, investigators tried to elicit the unguarded comments of individuals believed to be a threat to the prevailing social order.