War and Liberty: An American Dilemma: 1790 to the Present »

Geoffrey R. Stone, the Harry Kalven, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School, was dean of the law school from 1987 to 1993. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

An essential work on the challenges of preserving civil liberties in wartime by a preeminent scholar of constitutional law.

Acknowledgments     xi
Preface: War Fever     xiii
The Half War with France: "The Reign of Witches"     1
The Civil War: "The Man Who Holds the Power"     22
World War I: "Disloyalty Must Be Crushed Out of Existence"     41
World War II: "A Jap's a Jap"     64
The Cold War: "The Scaremongers"     85
The Vietnam War: "To Expose, Disrupt, and Otherwise Neutralize"     107
The War on Terrorism: "Not a Blank Check"     128
Conclusion: A Culture of Civil Liberties     166
Notes     185
About the Author     205
Index     207