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American political prisoners : prosecutions under the espionage and sedition acts

Author: Stephen M Kohn
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen M Kohn
ISBN: 0275944158 9780275944155
OCLC Number: 29031281
Description: xiii, 216 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Foreword by Howard Zinn --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
PART I. BACKGROUND TO THE SEDITION LAWS AND THEIR USE DURING THE WORLD WAR I ERA: 1. The Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918: Then and Now --
2. The Selective Service Act --
PART II. INSIDE GOLGOTHA: THE PRISON EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD WAR I SEDITION ACT INMATES: 3. The Convictions --
4. Prison Discipline --
5. A Transfer to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane --
6. A Death --
7. The Most Indolent Man at Leavenworth --
8. Military Justice --
9. Isolation --
10. Relief from the Psychopathic Ward --
11. Release --
PART III. THE PRISONERS: 12. Federal Espionage and Sedition Act Prisoners --
13. State Anti-Sedition and Criminal Syndicalism Prisoners --
14. Political Prisoners Who Died While Incarcerated in Federal, Military and State Prisons --
15. Conclusion --
Selected Bibliography --
Index.
Responsibility: Stephen M. Kohn ; foreword by Howard Zinn.

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