Spanning some fifty-four years, The Union on Trial is a fascinating look at the journals that William Barclay Napton (1808¿1883), an editor, Missouri lawyer, a

Spanning some fifty-four years, The Union on Trial is a fascinating look at the journals that William Barclay Napton (1808-1883), an editor, Missouri lawyer, an

This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession's constitutionality was debated.

Discusses issues surrounding such cases as Watergate, the Rosenbergs, the Civil Rights Movement, the Taft-Hartley Act, and the McCarthy Committee.