Presidents and Civil Liberties from Wilson to Obama : a Story of Poor Custodians.

Cover; PRESIDENTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES FROM WILSON TO OBAMA; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1: Introduction: Presidents and Civil Liberties; SCENES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE; February 19, 1942; November 26, 1963; POOR CUSTODIANS OF AMERICAN LIBERTIES; PRESIDENTS AND AMERICA'S CORE VALUES; From Wilson to Obama; Presidential performance: The major themes; Introduction; Surprises; A dialogue about America; PART I: The Early Years; 2: Woodrow Wilson and the Suppression of Civil Liberties in World War I; "SUCH CREATURES ... MUST BE CRUSHED OUT."

WILSON, PROGRESSIVISM, AND CIVIL LIBERTIESWAR AND REPRESSION BEGIN, 1917; Two civil liberties crises: The draft and the Espionage Act; Burleson, the Post Office, and the scope of freedom of the press; Government-sponsored vigilantism; WILSON'S ROLE IN THE REPRESSION; THE MIND OF THE PROGRESSIVE REFORMER; Wilson on national unity, democracy, and liberty; The challenge of immigration; "The social possibilities of war"; A different path: The odyssey of Roger Baldwin; Launching the fight for civil liberties; Military spying and attacks on the Civil Liberties Bureau.

THE FINAL ORGY: THE RED SCARE, 1919-1920AN OMINOUS LEGACY: ORIGINS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE; MOVING BACKWARD ON RACE; War and race riots; African Americans and the war effort; 1919: More riots and an antilynching campaign; A RELUCTANT PATH TO WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE; BRANDEIS TO THE SUPREME COURT; END OF A PRESIDENCY -- DAWN OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ERA; 3: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover: Civil Liberties in the Wilderness; CIVIL LIBERTIES IN A CHANGING AMERICA; Presidents and civil liberties in the twenties; THE RED SCARE "HANGOVER"; "Normalcy" and repression; The continuing crusade against "reds."

AMNESTY FOR THE VICTIMS OF WARTIME PROSECUTIONSPOLITICAL SPYING CONTINUES; KEEPING DANGEROUS IDEAS OUT OF THE UNITED STATES; Glimmers of hope -- and a nascent right to privacy; A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR RACIAL JUSTICE; Civil rights enters national politics; President Harding's great -- but brief- moment; The campaign for a federal antilynching law; Herbert Hoover's tangled position on race; Hoover on race as president; ALICE PAUL, THE ERA, AND A NEW DIRECTION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS; SEX AND CENSORSHIP: THE POST OFFICE AND THE CUSTOMS BUREAU; "The national book censor"; Banning the Sex Side of Life.

ATTACKING THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ORGANIZED LABORRousting the Bonus Army: President Hoover and freedom of assembly; LAWLESS POLICING: PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT; Report on the "third degree": Attacking police misconduct; FREEDOM TO TEACH: THE SCOPES CASE; STRAWS IN THE WIND: THE SUPREME COURT SHIFTS; END OF THE REPUBLICAN ERA; 4: Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Mixed Legacy of a Strong President; "THE GREATEST VIOLATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY"; FDR and civil liberties; THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN TRAGEDY: FDR DECIDES; FDR's decision making.

Fdr, the constitution, and presidential power.

This is the first book to examine the civil liberties records of American presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-520) and index.

English.

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