Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism by Geoffrey R. Stone
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- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
- Pub. Date: October 2005
- ISBN-13: 9780393327458
- Sales Rank: 235,172
- 800pp
- Edition Description: 1ST
Synopsis
"A must-read for all who treasure the First Amendment."; Alan M. Dershowitz, Boston Globe...Perilous Times, in the words of Studs Terkel, is "must reading for every citizen interested in something called the First Amendment." Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times wrote that Perilous Times is "an important, indeed necessary book on freedom indispensable; to the discovery and spread of political truth," and Bob Woodward proclaimed Perilous Times to be "a lively, masterful history; and reminder; of the essential role of the First Amendment during the stresses of war." Perilous Times incisively investigates the First Amendment in wartime like no previous book and, according to Elena Kagan, the dean of Harvard Law School, "promises to redefine the national debate on civil liberties and free speech." Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; A New York Times Notable Book, a Philadelphia Inquirer Top 10 Book, a Washington Post Book World Rave a Los Angeles Times Best Book, and a Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2004.
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Geoffrey R. Stone, the Harry Kalven, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School, was dean of the law school from 1987 to 1993. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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