The Espionage and Sedition Acts of World War I : using wartime loyalty laws for revenge and profit / Daniel G. Donalson.

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Donalson, Daniel G, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Recht und GesellschaftPublication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 197 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781593326241
1593326246

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Espionage and Sedition Acts of World War I.DDC classification:

345.73/023109041 23

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HV6285 .D66 2012eb

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Home Front Enters the War; Chapter 2: The Randomness: Bolts Out of the Blue; Chapter 3: Ethnicity and the Espionage and Sedition Acts; Chapter 4: A New Form of Political Assassination; Chapter 5: Using the Espionage and Sedition Acts in theWorkplace; Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Unintended Consequences; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Donalson focuses on how ordinary citizens used the Espionage and Sedition Acts of World War I for personal benefit and profit. He shows how the acts were used particularly but not exclusively against persons of German ancestry to settle family and neighborhood quarrels, workplace disputes, and political differences. These acts, intended to unify the nation in a time of war, instead undermined the concepts of free speech and presumption of innocence, and started the United States on the path of totalitarianism where any word or action could be interpreted as?disloyal? and result in federal act.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Donalson focuses on how ordinary citizens used the Espionage and Sedition Acts of World War I for personal benefit and profit. He shows how the acts were used particularly but not exclusively against persons of German ancestry to settle family and neighborhood quarrels, workplace disputes, and political differences. These acts, intended to unify the nation in a time of war, instead undermined the concepts of free speech and presumption of innocence, and started the United States on the path of totalitarianism where any word or action could be interpreted as?disloyal? and result in federal act.

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