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Treason on Trial

The United States v. Jefferson Davis

By: Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez

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Treason on Trial

The United States v. Jefferson Davis

By: Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez

In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, federal officials captured, imprisoned, and indicted Jefferson Davis for treason. If found guilty, the former Confederate president faced execution for his role in levying war against the United States. Although the federal government pursued the charges for over four years, the case never went to trial. In this comprehensive analysis of the saga, Treason on Trial, Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez suggests that while national politics played a role in the trial’s direction, the actions of lesser-known individuals ultimately resulted in the failure to convict Davis. Early on, two primary factions argued against trying the case. Influential northerners dreaded the prospect of a public trial, fearing it would reopen the wounds of the war and make a martyr of Davis. Conversely, white southerners pointed to the treatment and prosecution of Davis as vindictive on the part of the federal government. Moreover, they maintained, the right to secede from the Union remained within the bounds of the law, effectively linking the treason charge against Davis with the constitutionality of secession. While Icenhauer-Ramirez agrees that politics played a role in the case, he suggests that focusing exclusively on that aspect obscures the importance of the participants. In the United States of America v. Jefferson Davis, preeminent lawyers represented both parties. According to Icenhauer-Ramirez, Lucius H. Chandler, the local prosecuting attorney, lacked the skill and temperament necessary to put the case on a footing that would lead to trial. In addition, Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase had little desire to preside over the divisive case and intentionally stymied the prosecution’s efforts. The deft analysis in Treason on Trial illustrates how complications caused by Chandler and Chase led to a three-year delay and, eventually, to the dismissal of the case in 1868, when President Andrew Johnson granted blanket amnesty to those who participated in the armed rebellion.

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LSU Press

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0807171425

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9780807171424

Spies and Commissars

The Early Years of the Russian Revolution

By: Robert Service

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Spies and Commissars

The Early Years of the Russian Revolution

By: Robert Service

The early years of Bolshevik rule were marked by dynamic interaction between Russia and the West. These years of civil war in Russia were years when the West strove to understand the new communist regime while also seeking to undermine it. Meanwhile, the Bolsheviks tried to spread their revolution across Europe at the same time they were seeking trade agreements that might revive their collapsing economy. This book tells the story of these complex interactions in detail, revealing that revolutionary Russia was shaped not only by Lenin and Trotsky, but by an extraordinary miscellany of people: spies and commissars, certainly, but also diplomats, reporters, and dissidents, as well as intellectuals, opportunistic businessmen, and casual travelers. This is the story of these characters: everyone from the ineffectual but perfectly positioned Somerset Maugham to vain writers and revolutionary sympathizers whose love affairs were as dangerous as their politics. Through this sharply observed exposéf conflicting loyalties, we get a very vivid sense of how diverse the shades of Western and Eastern political opinion were during these years.

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482

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PublicAffairs

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1610391411

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9781610391412

Bourgeois Nightmares

Suburbia, 1870-1930

By: Robert M. Fogelson

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Bourgeois Nightmares

Suburbia, 1870-1930

By: Robert M. Fogelson

The restrictive covenants, many of which are still commonly employed, tell us as much about American society today as a century ago."--Jacket.

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280

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Yale University Press

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0300124171

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9780300124170

Tarawa

The Incredible Story of One of World War II's Bloodiest Battles

By: Robert Sherrod

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Tarawa

The Incredible Story of One of World War II's Bloodiest Battles

By: Robert Sherrod

In the summer of 1943, at the height of World War II, battles were exploding all throughout the Pacific theater. In mid-November of that year, the United States waged a bloody campaign on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll, the most heavily fortified Japanese territory in the entire Pacific. They were fighting to wrest control of the island to stage the next big push toward Japan—and one journalist was there to chronicle the horror. Dive into war correspondent Robert Sherrod’s battlefield account as he goes ashore with the assault troops of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Division in Tarawa. Follow the story of the U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division as nearly 35,000 troops take on less than 5,000 Japanese defenders in one of the most savage engagements of the war. By the end of the battle, only seventeen Japanese soldiers were still alive. This story, a must for any history buff, tells the ins and outs of life alongside the U.S. Marines in this lesser-known battle of World War II. The battle itself carried on for three days, but Sherrod, a dedicated journalist, remained in Tarawa until the very end, and through his writing, shares every detail.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1620871017

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9781620871010

LBJ's Neglected Legacy

How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government

By: Robert H. Wilson

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LBJ's Neglected Legacy

How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government

By: Robert H. Wilson

During the five full years of his presidency (1964–1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing. These and other “Great Society” programs reformed the federal government, reshaped intergovernmental relations, extended the federal government’s role into new public policy arenas, and redefined federally protected rights of individuals to engage in the public sphere. Indeed, to a remarkable but largely unnoticed degree,Johnson’s domestic agenda continues to shape and influence current debates on major issues such as immigration, health care, higher education funding, voting rights, and clean water, even though many of his specific policies and programs have been modified or, in some cases, dismantled since his presidency. LBJ’s Neglected Legacy examines the domestic policy achievements of one of America’s most effective, albeit controversial, leaders. Leading contributors from the fields of history, public administration, economics, environmental engineering, sociology, and urban planning examine twelve of LBJ’s key domestic accomplishments in the areas of citizenship and immigration, social and economic policy, science and technology, and public management. Their findings illustrate the enduring legacy of Johnson’s determination and skill in taking advantage of overwhelming political support in the early years of his presidency to push through an extremely ambitious and innovative legislative agenda, and emphasize the extraordinary range and extent of LBJ’s influence on American public policy and administration.

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University of Texas Press

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1477300562

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9781477300565

Public Policy and Community

Activism and Governance in Texas

By: Robert H. Wilson

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Public Policy and Community

Activism and Governance in Texas

By: Robert H. Wilson

The decentralization of public policy from the federal government to state and local governments offers increased opportunities for ordinary citizens to participate directly in public policymaking. Yet these opportunities may not be equally shared. Due to a variety of factors, low-income citizens have long been denied a meaningful role in the public life and governance of our country. By contrast, the essays in this volume explore how low-income citizens have successfully affected public policy. The book is built around six case studies, all from Texas, that cover education finance and reform, local infrastructure provision, environmental protection, and indigent health care. This research illuminates several issues of national importance, including how communities gain standing and recognition for themselves and their issues, how policy agendas are defined, how communities mobilize technical and institutional resources, and how they form coalitions and alliances to accomplish their goals.

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University of Texas Press

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0292791054

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9780292791053

Grahams of Rowan & Iredell Counties, North Carolina

By: Robert L. Graham

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Grahams of Rowan & Iredell Counties, North Carolina

By: Robert L. Graham

The book has a lot of historical content along with some poetry and humor. The main part is falily history including some of the sescenants of James Gram born in Scotland in 1670 along with documentation on the descendants

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1468575643

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9781468575644

General Emory Upton in the Civil War

The Formative Experiences of an American Military Visionary

By: Robert N. Thompson

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General Emory Upton in the Civil War

The Formative Experiences of an American Military Visionary

By: Robert N. Thompson

Considered by many to be the architect of the modern U.S. Army, Union General Emory Upton commanded troops in almost every major battle of the Civil War's Eastern Theater. Witnessing some of the war's bloodiest engagements convinced him of the need for comprehensive reform in military organization, professionalism, education, tactics and personnel policies. From the end of the war to his 1881 death by suicide, Upton led an effort to modernize U.S. military culture. While much has been written about the politics of his reform campaign, this book details his wartime experiences and how they informed his intense fervor for change.

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McFarland

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1476637032

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9781476637037

Headstones of Heroes

The Restoration and History of Confederate Graves in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery

By: Robert E. Zaworski

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Headstones of Heroes

The Restoration and History of Confederate Graves in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery

By: Robert E. Zaworski

The Restoration and History of Confederate Graves in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery

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Turner Publishing Company

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1681622394

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9781681622392

Crime in the Making

Pathways and Turning Points Through Life

By: Robert J. Sampson,John H. Laub

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Crime in the Making

Pathways and Turning Points Through Life

By: Robert J. Sampson,John H. Laub

Based on the re-analysis of Sheldon and Eleanor Gluecks' mid-century study of 500 delinquents and 500 non-delinquents from childhood to adulthood, this informal social control theory accepts the importance of childhood behaviour but rejects the idea that a.

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Harvard University Press

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0674176057

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Confederate Military History

Vol. 2: Maryland and West Virginia

By: Bradley T. Johnson,Robert White

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Confederate Military History

Vol. 2: Maryland and West Virginia

By: Bradley T. Johnson,Robert White

This work spanning twelve extensive volumes is the result of contributions by many Southern men to the literature of the United States that treats of the eventful years in which occurred the momentous struggle called by Mr. A. H. Stephens “the war between the States.” These contributions were made on a well-considered plan, to be wrought out by able writers of unquestionable Confederate record who were thoroughly united in general sentiment and whose generous labors upon separate topics would, when combined, constitute a library of Confederate military history and biography. According to the great principle in the government of the United States that one may result from and be composed of many — the doctrine of E pluribus unum--it was considered that intelligent men from all parts of the South would so write upon the subjects committed to them as to produce a harmonious work which would truly portray the times and issues of the Confederacy and by illustration in various forms describe the soldiery which fought its battles. Upon this plan two volumes — the first and the last-comprise such subjects as the justification of the Southern States in seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the Confederate States government; the history of the actions and concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its policy in securing the existing magnificent territorial dominion of the United States; the civil history of the Confederate States, supplemented with sketches of the President, Vice-President, cabinet officers and other officials of the government; Confederate naval history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to its close. The two volumes containing these general subjects are sustained by the other volumes of Confederate military history of the States of the South involved in the war. Each State being treated in separate history permits of details concerning its peculiar story, its own devotion, its heroes and its battlefields. The authors of the State histories, like those of the volumes of general topics, are men of unchallenged devotion to the Confederate cause and of recognized fitness to perform the task assigned them. It is just to say that this work has been done in hours taken from busy professional life, and it should be further commemorated that devotion to the South and its heroic memories has been their chief incentive. This volume one out of twelve, covering the Civil War in Maryland and West Virginia.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849659089

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Book's by Robert H. Wilson

Treason on Trial

Treason on Trial

Spies and Commissars

Spies and Commissars

Bourgeois Nightmares

Bourgeois Nightmares

Tarawa

Tarawa

LBJ's Neglected Legacy

LBJ's Neglected Legacy

Public Policy and Community

Public Policy and Community

Grahams of Rowan & Iredell Counties, North Carolina

Grahams of Rowan & Iredell Counties, North Carolina

General Emory Upton in the Civil War

General Emory Upton in the Civil War

Headstones of Heroes

Headstones of Heroes

Crime in the Making

Crime in the Making

Confederate Military History

Confederate Military History

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