H.C. Peterson – Gilbert Fite. Opponents of War, 1917-1918.

CONTENTS

I – Into the Abyss

II – The Implements of Repression

III – The Opening Fight against Conscription

IV – “Conscription Is upon Us”

V – The War on Socialists and I.W.W.’s

VI – Widening Class Warfare

VII – The War on Some Minor Groups

VIII – Aliens and Negroes under Attack

IX – Purging the Movies and the Press

X – A Lesson for the Teachers

XI – Disciplining the Clergy

XII – The Conscientious Objector

XIII – Lese Majesty

XIV – A Winter’s Tale

XV – Further War on the Socialists

XVI – Continued War on the I.W.W.

XVII – “Ah To Be Indicted in the Spring”

XVIII – The American Reign of Terror

XIX – The Sedition Act

XX – The Legal Dragnet

XXI – The I.W.W. on Trial

XXII – The United States v. Eugene V. Debs

XXIII – A Prison for Your Thoughts

XXIV – “Let Our People Go”

XXV – Postwar Repression

XXVI – The Value of Freedom

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