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Liberties lost : the endangered legacy of the ACLU / [edited by] Woody Klein ; foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ; introduction by Robert C. Byrd ; afterword by Anthony Lewis.

Title
Liberties lost : the endangered legacy of the ACLU / [edited by] Woody Klein ; foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ; introduction by Robert C. Byrd ; afterword by Anthony Lewis.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981.
  • Klein, Woody, 1929-
Description
xxii, 286 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"In Liberties Lost, Woody Klein has selected from Roger Baldwin's vast writings those essays that are most pertinent to the civil liberties debate today. Each chapter offers writings that focus on a particular theme, such as national security or the invasion of privacy. Each is followed by commentary from some of America's most prominent politicians and journalists."--Jacket.
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Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The making of a reformer : the Roger Baldwin story : a prejudiced account by himself. Commentary / William J. vanden Heuvel ; Commentary / Alan F. Westin -- ACLU : watchdog for the underdog. Commentary / Anthony Romero ; Commentary / Ira Glasser -- Civil liberties in wartime. Commentary / Russell D. Feingold ; Commentary / Patrick J. Leahy ; Commentary / Christopher J. Dodd -- The courts and equal justice. Commentary / Edward M. Kennedy ; Commentary / Norman Dorsen -- The government and civil liberties. Commentary / John Shattuck -- Labor and civil liberties. Commentary / Aryeh Neier -- Education : key to protecting liberty. Commentary / Samuel Walker -- Liberalism and political change. Commentary / Victor Navasky -- Liberty and the media. Commentary / Nat Hentoff -- Separation of church and state. Commentary / William Sloane Coffin Jr. -- A world united by the rule of law. Commentary / Leo Nevas -- Family reflections : about Roger Baldwin / Carl R. Baldwin -- Afterword : Roger Baldwin : a patrician heretic / Anthony Lewis.
ISBN
  • 0275985067 (alk. paper)
  • 9780275985066
LCCN
^^2006001242
OCLC
  • 63116893
  • SCSB-9935194
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library