Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent

by Ernest Freeberg

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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. Though many called Debs a traitor, others praised him as a prisoner of conscience, a martyr to the cause of free speech. Nearly a million Americans agreed, voting for a man whom the government had branded an enemy to his country.

In a beautifully crafted narrative, Ernest Freeberg shows that the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674057201

ISBN13:9780674057203

Release Date:October 2010

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.18 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 8.9"

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20th Century Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Civil Rights & Liberties Elections Elections & Political Process History Leaders & Notable People

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