Dodds Mass Pardons in America

Rebellion, Presidential Amnesty, and Reconciliation
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55378-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

This book is the first comprehensive study of how presidential mass pardons have helped put domestic insurrections to rest. Graham G. Dodds examines when and why presidents have issued mass pardons and amnesties to deal with domestic rebellion and attempt to reunite the country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dodds, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Mass Pardons in History, Law, and Politics
2. Pennsylvania Insurrections in the Late Eighteenth Century: George Washington and John Adams
3. Mormon Resistance in the Nineteenth Century: James Buchanan, Benjamin Harrison, and Grover Cleveland
4. The Civil War: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
5. Vietnam War Resisters: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix: Other Mass Pardons and Amnesties in the United States
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dodds Graham:
Graham Dodds is professor of political science at Concordia University. He is the author of Take Up Your Pen: Unilateral Presidential Directives in American Politics (Penn, 2013) and The Unitary Presidency (Routledge, 2019).Graham G. Dodds is professor of political science at Concordia University. He is the author of Take Up Your Pen: Unilateral Presidential Directives in American Politics (2013) and The Unitary Presidency (2019).