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[Robert Justin Goldstein] ✓ Discrediting the Red Scare: The Cold War Trials of James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran" (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) ↠ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Discrediting the Red Scare: The Cold War Trials of James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran" (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) In a series of confrontations, in what were highly publicized as the “case of the legless veteran,” the federal government tried to oust Kutcher from his menial Veterans’ Administration job, take away his World War II disability benefits, and to oust him and his family from their federally subsidized housing. Back home, rehabilitated and given a job at the Veterans’ Administration, he was soon to learn that his battles were far from over. As a man who had fought for his c
| Title | : | Discrediting the Red Scare: The Cold War Trials of James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran" (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.36 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 070062225X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
It is a story that transcends its context and resonates on a higher level as a rebuke to the overlooking of those who fought for the rights we cherish today."—Alan Wald, author of American Night: The Literary Left in the Era of the Cold War"The case of James Kutcher, the “legless veteran,” is all but forgotten today, but it deserves to be a reminder of the mass hysteria that overtook the country during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It is a brilliant indictment of a country that forgot what the Bill of Rights meant, as well as the story of an “ordinary man” who showed extraordinary courage."—Melvin I. California and American Speech Law. Robert
In a series of confrontations, in what were highly publicized as the “case of the legless veteran,” the federal government tried to oust Kutcher from his menial Veterans’ Administration job, take away his World War II disability benefits, and to oust him and his family from their federally subsidized housing. Back home, rehabilitated and given a job at the Veterans’ Administration, he was soon to learn that his battles were far from over. As a man who had fought for his country and paid a great price, had never done anything that could be construed as treasonous, held a low level clerical position utterly unconnected with national security,
Walter Lippmann said Five Stars. ok
. Robert Justin Goldstein is emeritus professor of political science at Oakland University. His many books include Flag Burning and Free Speech: The Case of Texas v. Johnson and American Blacklist: The Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations, both from Kansas
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