Cold war political justice : the Smith Act, the Communist Party, and American civil liberties / Michal R. Belknap.

In October 1948, 11 leaders of the Communist Party-USA were convicted of conspiring, in contravention of the 1940 Smith Act, to advocate the revolutionary overthrow of the U.S. government. This book recounts the trial in its fullest context, beginning in the late 1930's with the origins of the...

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Online Access:	Contributor biographical information
Main Author:	Belknap, Michal R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, 1977.
Series:	Contributions in American history ; no. 66.
Subjects:	Communism > United States. Communist trials > United States. Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > United States. Communism. Communist trials. Trials (Political crimes and offenses) United States.