Dean Strang Knihy

The book explores the federal trial of the Industrial Workers of the World, revealing how the case influenced strategies to suppress radical movements in the United States. It highlights the trial's significant impact on the development of the modern American Justice Department, illustrating a pivotal moment in legal history that transformed approaches to dissent and radicalism. Dean Strang delves into the legal intricacies and broader implications of this landmark trial, providing a comprehensive analysis of its historical significance.

From 1917 the US Department of Justice systematically targeted the US's most radical union, the Industrial Workers of the World, resulting in the largest mass trial in US history. In the first legal history of the trial, Dean Strang shows how the case laid the groundwork for a fundamentally different strategy to stifle radical threats.