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1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in American thought and culture |
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Studies in American thought and culture.
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Setting the stage -- Methods and ideology -- Policing the clergy -- Policing the left -- Policing Wisconsin -- Vigilantism |
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"During the First World War 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." "Delving into numerous reports by Justice Department detectives, Thomas documents how, in case after case, they used threats and warnings to frighten war critics and silence dissent. This early government crusade for wartime ideological conformity, Thomas argues, marks one of the more dubious achievements of the Progressive Era - and a development that resonates in the present day."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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United States Bureau of Investigation.
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United States Bureau of Investigation. blmlsh |
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United States Bureau of Investigation fast |
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USA Federal Bureau of Investigation gnd |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States
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Freedom of speech -- United States
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Peace movements -- Government policy -- United States
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States.
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Peace movements -- Government policy -- United States.
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Freedom of speech -- United States.
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Freedom of speech
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Protest movements
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Friedensbewegung
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Meinungsfreiheit
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Weltkrieg 1914-1918
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Computer network resources.
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contestation -- intervention militaire -- répression politique -- Etats-Unis. Department of Justice -- Etats-Unis -- guerre mondiale 1.
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Proteströrelser -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1914-1918 (första världskriget)
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Fredsrörelser -- historia -- förenta staterna.
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United States
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Internet resources.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780299228934 |
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0299228932 |
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1934690058 |
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9781934690055 |
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