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If This Be Treason - The American Rogues and Rebels Who Walked the Line Between Dissent and Betrayal (Hardcover)
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If This Be Treason - The American Rogues and Rebels Who Walked the Line Between Dissent and Betrayal (Hardcover)
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Treason is the only crime explicitly defined in America's
Constitution. Relatively few Americans have been convicted of it.
Far more have had the poisonous word thrown at them. Through the
cases of Americans who-whether acting in defense of their country,
for personal gain, or simply when society had redefined treasonous
activity-were accused of betraying their country, though not
charged with the ultimate crime against one's nation, If This Be
Treason tackles the complicated question of where dissent ends and
betrayal begins. Jeremy Duda covers the gamut of American history,
from the earliest days of the republic, when George Logan's act of
unauthorized diplomacy kept his fledgling country out of war with
France but so outraged his enemies that Congress passed a law to
prevent it from ever happening again, to today as Edward Snowden
remains an international fugitive for exposing the government's
spying on its own citizens. Among other examples are diplomatic
envoy Nicholas Trist, who betrayed his president's order to return
home so he could negotiate a just treaty with a vanquished foe;
former congressman Clement Vallandigham, who was exiled from his
own country for speaking out against Lincoln's prosecution of the
Civil War; and Richard Nixon, who scuttled a peace deal to end the
war in Vietnam. "If this be treason, make the most of it!" So
proudly declared Patrick Henry, accused of treason for opposing the
Stamp Act imposed by Great Britain on its American colonies.
Throughout history, Americans have toed the line between treason
and dissent. Exactly where that line is has remained difficult to
ascertain. But these cases serve as a fascinating way to explore
and interpret where dissent ends and betrayal begins..
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