Democracy's prisoner : Eugene V. Debs, the great war, and the right to dissent / Ernest Freeberg.

In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America's role in World War I. In this book, Freeberg shows that the campaign to send Debs from an Atlanta jailhouse to the White House was part of a wider national debate over the...

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Main Author: Freeberg, Ernest
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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Summary:In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America's role in World War I. In this book, Freeberg shows that the campaign to send Debs from an Atlanta jailhouse to the White House was part of a wider national debate over the right to free speech in wartime. In this story of democracy on trial, Freeberg excavates an extraordinary episode in the history of one of America's most prized ideals.
Physical Description:1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-366) and index.
ISBN:9780674037236
0674037235
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.