{"product_id":"desecrating-the-american-flag-key-documents-of-the-controversy-from-the-civil-war-to-1995-9780815627166","title":"Desecrating the American Flag: Key Documents of the Controversy from the Civil War to 1995","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Justin Goldstein\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesecrating the American Flag\u003c\/i\u003e is the only comprehensive, edited, and annotated collection of critical documents regarding the controversies swirling around the desecration of the American flag. Should violators of the Stars and Stripes be prosecuted? Or legally protected? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis issue reached center stage in American politics throughout the 1990s when Congress debated whether or not to amend the constitution to forbid flag desecration; but this debate has been hotly contested since the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Justin Goldstein brings together almost 150 key documents spanning more than 100 years. He culls from a variety of sources--Congressional hearings, debates, legal briefs, oral arguments, newspaper articles, and court rulings, for example--and then carefully edits each document to retain key material. Introductory essays place each document within a broader historical, political, and legal context.","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893051543703,"sku":"9780815627166","price":2211.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780815627166.webp?v=1770313425","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/desecrating-the-american-flag-key-documents-of-the-controversy-from-the-civil-war-to-1995-9780815627166","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}