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January 7, 2009

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From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America
enlarge	Author: Chris Finan Publisher: Beacon Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$18.00~~ Buy New: $3.07 You Save: $14.93 (83%) Buy New/Used from $3.07 Avg. Customer Rating: (1 reviews) Sales Rank: 173433 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Edition: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 360 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.4 ISBN: 0807044296 Dewey Decimal Number: 342.7308 EAN: 9780807044292 ASIN: 0807044296 Publication Date: May 15, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description The first comprehensive history of free speech in America for a general readership, from a respected historian and free speech activist A 2007 Book Sense Selection In this lively history of our most fundamental and perhaps most vulnerable right, Christopher Finan traces the lifeline of free speech from the War on Terror back to the turn of the last century. The story of the fight for free speech in times of war and peace?when writers, publishers, booksellers, and librarians are often on the front lines?is essential reading. "At a time when America's freedoms and liberties are under attack in Washington, Finan's book is a powerful reminder of why we must carry on the fight to preserve the central underpinning of the American democratic system." ?Senator Bernie Sanders "A marvelously readable account of the struggle for free speech in the United States." ?Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times "A welcome and much-needed change from the simplistic good-versus-evil treatment this subject often gets. Could be the definitive study of a perpetually complex, contentious issue." ?Booklist, starred review "American history is marred by recurrent episodes of hate?Red scares, super-patriotism, fear of sexual expression. Christopher Finan brilliantly paints that record, and shows how courageous Americans have fought for freedom." ?Anthony Lewis, author of Gideon's Trumpet and Make No Law "Finan's colorful narrative . . . shows how much progress we have made?and how far we have to go." ?Nadine Strossen, president of the ACLU and professor of law, New York Law School "A book with enormous relevance for post-9/11 America." ?Gene Roman, America Magazine

Customer Reviews: Good narrative of challenges to free speech October 8, 2007 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This is a wide-ranging and fairly comprehensive book about challenges to free speech in the United States. It is primarily a narrative and tries to make all the players come alive, and has only a little bit of analysis. It covers not only government attempts to limit speech but also boycotts and picketing of bookstores (usually ineffective) and pressure on advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of ill-regarded programs (usually effective). It omits a few areas that have been important. There is a mention of Banned Books Week but no discussion of book banning in schools and libraries. The 1989 Supreme Court decision in Texas v. Johnson that ruled that flag burning is protected political symbolic speech is alluded to (but not named) in a discussion of Justice Anthony Kennedy. The book's biggest weakness is that it doesn't look at all into the reasoning used in the Supreme Court cases. This justices' written opinions are usually much more important in determining the course of the law than is the way the decision went. Most of the important free speech issues have gone before the Supreme Court. My favorite quote in the book is from Judge Murray I. Gurfein, regarding the New York Time's publication of the Pentagon Papers: "A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know." Amen.

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