Revolutionary Sparks: Freedom of Expression in Modern America. (book reviews)

The civil libertarian history of free speech has a distinguished scholarly heritage. From Leon Whipple and Zechariah Chafee, Jr. to Harry Kalven, Paul Murphy, and Lucas Powe, proponents of broad First Amendment rights have penned distinguished treatises documenting the evolution of expression rights in the United States.

Margaret A. Blanchard's Revolutionary Sparks continues and broadens-but ultimately perverts-that tradition. Blanchard has many valuable insights on the capacity of Americans to tolerate dissent at different points in the twentieth century. In order to gain the ...

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