Brian F. Carso

Whom Can We Trust Now?

The Meaning of Treason in the United States, from the Revolution through the Civil War

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Produktbeschreibung

The ancient crime of treason posed legal, political, and intellectual problems for the United States from its conception through the Civil War. Using an interdisciplinary approach, historian and lawyer Brian F. Carso, Jr., demonstrates that although treason law was conflicted and awkward, the broader idea of treason gave recognizable shape to abstract ideas of loyalty, betrayal, allegiance, and political obligation in a young democratic republic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780739112564
• ISBN-10: 0739112562
• Artikelnr.: 22243150

Autorenporträt

By Brian F. Carso Jr.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 "What is a Traitor?" Loyalty
Betrayal and the State 2 "A Republic
if you can Keep It" The Evolution of Treason in America
1620-1787 3 "Seasons of Insurrection" Early Rebellions and the Trial of Aaron Burr 4 "The Damnation of His Fame" Benedict Arnold and the Cultural Punishment of Betrayal 5 "With Malice Toward None" Treason
Amnesty
and the Language of Betrayal During the Civil War