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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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