TY - GEN N2 - In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America's role in World War I. In this book, Freeberg shows that the campaign to send Debs from an Atlanta jailhouse to the White House was part of a wider national debate over the right to free speech in wartime. In this story of democracy on trial, Freeberg excavates an extraordinary episode in the history of one of America's most prized ideals. DO - 10.4159/9780674037236 DO - doi AB - In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America's role in World War I. In this book, Freeberg shows that the campaign to send Debs from an Atlanta jailhouse to the White House was part of a wider national debate over the right to free speech in wartime. In this story of democracy on trial, Freeberg excavates an extraordinary episode in the history of one of America's most prized ideals. T1 - Democracy's Prisoner :Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent / AU - Freeberg, Ernest, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - HX84.D3 -- F74 2008eb LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478406 KW - Freedom of speech KW - Socialists KW - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. SN - 9780674037236 TI - Democracy's Prisoner :Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037236 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037236 ER -