The presidents and the people five leaders who threatened democracy and the citizens who fought to defend it

This meticulously researched account of assaults on democracy by five presidents who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy and committed crimes with impunity shows how citizens like Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells and Daniel Ellsberg fought back against presidential abuses of powe...

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Main Author: Brettschneider, Corey Lang (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
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