Silencing "Fighting Bob": The Attack on Antiwar Progressives During the First World War

Silencing "Fighting Bob” tells the story of the coordinated attack by the federal government on the progressive opponents of the First World War. As Eric Chester reminds us, the American people saw no reason for the United States to become directly involved in Europe’s conflict in 1917. President Woodrow Wilson, ignoring that fact, forced the United States to join with its allies in carrying the war to the bitter end: the strategic capitulation of Germany. To accomplish this, Wilson—notably...