Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU

by Wendy Kaminer

Book Overview

When an organization committed to free speech succumbs to pressure to suppress internal criticism and disregard or "spin" the truth, it offers important lessons for other associations, corporations, and governments. Wendy Kaminer, a renowned advocate of civil liberties, calls on her experience as a dissident member of the American Civil Liberties Union national board to tell an inside story of dramatic ethical decline that has much to teach us about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807044369
• ISBN13: 9780807044360
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"