Geoffrey R. Stone
Perilous Times
Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism
"A must-read for all who treasure the
First Amendment."
—Alan M. Dershowitz, Boston Globe
HAILED AS "the most important book of its kind
since Zechariah Chafee Jr. first published his heralded
Freedom of Speech in 1920," the much-lauded Perilous
Times, in the words of Studs Terkel, is "must reading
for every citizen interested in something called the
First Amendment." Michiko Kakutani of the New York
Times wrote that Perilous Times is "an important, indeed
necessary book on freedom indispensable . . . to the
discovery and spread of political truth," and Bob
Woodward proclaimed Perilous Times to be "a lively,
masterful history—and reminder—of the essential
role of the First Amendment during the stresses of
war." Perilous Times incisively investigates the First
Amendment in wartime like no previous book and,
according to Elena Kagan, the dean of Harvard Law
School, "promises to redefine the national debate on
civil liberties and free speech."
"Completely absorbing."—Christopher Hitchens,
New York Times Book Review
GEOFFREY R. STONE, the Harry Kalven Jr.
Distinguished Service Professor at the University
of Chicago Law School, was dean of
the law school from 1987 to 1993. He lives
in Chicago.
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