Jay Feldman is also the author of the critically acclaimed "When the Mississippi Ran Backwards." He is a widely published freelance writer whose articles have appeared in "Smithsonian, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Gourmet, The New York Times," and many other national, regional, and local publications. He has written for television and the stage, and is the author of the novel "Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream." His Web site is www.jfeldman.com.
"A cautionary, liberalizing history - and a book that serves as a
philosophical call to arms."
--Carlo Wolff, "Christian Science Monitor"
"A chilling overview of how American political culture has
generated domestic enemies to justify massive infringements of
rights."
--Michael S. Roth, "San Francisco "Chronicle
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"Feldman is rather obviously a gentleman of the left, but that
doesn't unduly color his reportage or analysis . . . It is useful
to have the entire history outlined in a single volume, for as more
recent events have made plain, the susceptibility of the American
populace to appeals based on fear and prejudice has not been
eradicated."
--Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post"
" "
"An alternate history rife with violence and class oppression,
presented with rigor and detail . . . Feldman is an attentive
historian, unearthing many disturbing, forgotten examples of
official malfeasance."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
" "
"Feldman's compact history . . . charts the federal government's
'all out assault on dissent, with a three-pronged attack of
legislation, propaganda and surveillance' from the early 20th
century on . . . . Feldman ably sketches out instances of the
trampling of [our] constitutional rights . . . and offers
especially fine analyses of the McCarthy era . . . . Feldman's
history offers a sharply revisionist view of 20th-century America
that eschews triumphalism."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Jay Feldman's highly readable account of the long, sad story of
civil liberties in America is as close to entertaining as such a
history can be. He reminds us that the protections of the Bill of
Rights are always available to us except when we have dire need of
them."
--Nicholas von Hoffman, author of "Radical: A Portrait of Saul
Alinsky"
"Feldman's compact history . . . charts the federal government's
'all-out assault on dissent' . . . He ably sketches out instances
of the trampling of [our] constitutional rights . . . and offers
especially fine analyses of the McCarthy era . . . A sharply
revisionist view of twentieth-century America that eschews
triumphalism."
--"Publishers Weekly
"
"Feldman's highly readable account of the long, sad story of civil
liberties in America is as close to entertaining as such a history
can be. He reminds us that the protections of the Bill of Rights
are always available to us except when we have dire need of
them."
--Nicholas von Hoffman, author of "Radical: ""A Portrait of Saul
Alinsky"
"A penetrating account of xenophobia and the officially sanctioned
persecution of minorities and the politically undesirable . . .
Feldman is an attentive historian, unearthing many disturbing,
forgotten examples of official malfeasance . . . An alternate
history rife with violence an
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