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Jefferson and Civil Liberties - The Darker Side (Paperback, New Ed)
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Jefferson and Civil Liberties - The Darker Side (Paperback, New Ed)
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In the most controversial analysis ever written of the apostle of
American liberty, the distinguished constitutional historian
Leonard W. Levy examines Jefferson's record on civil liberties and
finds it strikingly wanting. Clearing away the saintliness that
surrounds the hero, Mr. Levy tries to understand why the
"unfamiliar" Jefferson supported loyalty oaths; countenanced
internment camps for political suspects; drafted a bill of
attainder; urged prosecutions for seditious libel; condoned
military despotism; used the Army to enforce laws in time of peace;
censored reading; chose professors for their political opinions;
and endorsed the doctrine that means, however odious, are justified
by ends. "Implicitly," Mr. Levy writes, "this book is a study of
libertarian leadership in time of power and time of
danger...Jefferson should be seen [by his biographers] as a whole
man in the perspective of his times, but my task is to determine
the validity of his historical reputation as the apostle of
liberty." "Blunt words and blunt facts...an indispensable
book."-Commentary.
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