Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law: Nationalism, Civil Liberties, and Partisanship

by Matthew Warshauer

In order to win the famous battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson believed that it was necessary to declare martial law and suspend the writ of habeas corpus. In doing so, he achieved both a great victory and the notoriety of being the first American general to ever suspend civil liberties in America. Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law tells the history of Jackson's use of martial law and how the controversy surrounding it followed him...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572335483
• ISBN13: 9781572335486
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"