| In Time of War: Hitler's Terrorist Attack on America Contributor(s): O'Donnell, Pierce (Author), Todd, Raymond (Read by), Lewis, Anthony (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0786174080 ISBN-13: 9780786174089 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: July 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Germany - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.537 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.3" W x 7.54" (0.21 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's a true story that reads like gripping fiction: in 1942, eight German terrorists landed by submarine on American shores on a sabotage mission devised by Hitler. When one of them, a hapless US citizen, betrayed the mission to the FBI, Roosevelt appointed a special military tribunal to authorize the death penalty omitting proper legal procedure. Army Colonel Kenneth Royall, a respected lawyer charged with defending the saboteurs, courageously fought the lost cause for the saboteurs' Constitutional rights. More than sixty years later, George W. Bush, in the wake of 9/11, cited Roosevelt's act as a precedent for indefinitely imprisoning US citizens and suspected "enemy combatants" without charge. O'Donnell illustrates the parallels between then and now, offering a cautionary tale of the danger of unchecked executive power in a time of crisis. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Donnell, Pierce: - Pierce O'Donnell has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal and is coauthor of the bestseller Fatal Subtraction. A former US Supreme Court law clerk, he lives in Montecito, California. Todd, Raymond: -Raymond Todd is an actor and director in the theater as well as a poet and documentary filmmaker. He plays jazz trombone for the Leatherstocking quartet, an ensemble that gets its name from one of his favorite Blackstone narrations, The Deerslayer. Todd lives in New York. |