THE STORY OF civil liberties during World War 1 is a dreary，
disturbing， and， in some respects， shocking chapter out of the
nation s past. Americans， committed through their president，
Woodrow Wilson， to \"make the world safe for democracy --a
phrase which implied that the nation and its allies bore a re-
sponsibility to free the world to adopt America s traditional
\"liberal\" commitment to liberty and justice lIstood by on the
domestic scene and saw liberty and justice prostituted in ways
more extreme and extensive than at any other time in American
history. The various aspects of this development have been
explored frequently by popular writers， participants， and a num-
ber of distinguished scholars. Indeed， the historiography of this
subject reflects the civil liberties views of those who have an-
alyzed it and forms a useful chapter of civil liberties history in
itself.
Given the dimensions of civil liberties violations in the war
period， it is not surprising that there would be early attempts，
especially on the part of those involved， to explain and ration-
alize their behavior to a postwar audience，e John Lord O Brian，
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