American Political Prisoners: Prosecutions Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts

by Stephen M. Kohn

This book is the first account of the personal lives of the nearly 1,000 long-term political prisoners arrested under various sedition laws for their opposition to World War I, their trade union activities, or their unpopular political or religious beliefs. Based on the author's exclusive access to the uncensored prison files of many of these prisoners, and information obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act, Kohn relays the powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275944158
• ISBN13: 9780275944155
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"