Civil Liberties Under Attack
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At a moment when the shadow of McCarthyism darkened the American political landscape, Civil Liberties Under Attack stands as a courageous and unflinching defence of the constitutional freedoms that define democratic society. Published in 1951 under the auspices of the William J. Cooper Foundation at Swarthmore College, this collection presents a series of incisive essays by some of the most distinguished legal scholars and public intellectuals of the twentieth century — Henry Steele Commager, Robert K. Carr, Zechariah Chafee Jr., Walter Gellhorn, Curtis Bok, and James P. Baxter III — each dissecting the forces threatening free speech, due process, and individual liberty in postwar America. The volume argues with collective authority that the erosion of civil liberties, even in the name of national security, poses a graver threat to the republic than the dangers it purports to guard against. Each contributor brings a distinct disciplinary lens — legal, historical, and civic — creating a rich, multi-voiced indictment of political repression that resonates far beyond its era. Urgent, erudite, and morally resolute, this is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how democracies are tested from within — and whether they have the courage to endure.
Author: Henry Steele Commager, Robert K. Carr, Zechariah Chafee Jr., Walter Gellhorn, Curtis Bok, James P. Baxter Iii
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, University of Pennsylvania Press
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At a moment when the shadow of McCarthyism darkened the American political landscape, Civil Liberties Under Attack stands as a courageous and unflinching defence of the constitutional freedoms that define democratic society. Published in 1951 under the auspices of the William J. Cooper Foundation at Swarthmore College, this collection presents a series of incisive essays by some of the most distinguished legal scholars and public intellectuals of the twentieth century — Henry Steele Commager, Robert K. Carr, Zechariah Chafee Jr., Walter Gellhorn, Curtis Bok, and James P. Baxter III — each dissecting the forces threatening free speech, due process, and individual liberty in postwar America. The volume argues with collective authority that the erosion of civil liberties, even in the name of national security, poses a graver threat to the republic than the dangers it purports to guard against. Each contributor brings a distinct disciplinary lens — legal, historical, and civic — creating a rich, multi-voiced indictment of political repression that resonates far beyond its era. Urgent, erudite, and morally resolute, this is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how democracies are tested from within — and whether they have the courage to endure.