{"product_id":"watchdog-of-loyalty-carl-h-chrislock-9780873512640","title":"Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I","description":"In compelling narrative style, this book offers the first hard look at the motives and activities of this uniquely powerful state agency, which used loyalty as a weapon to protect the existing socioeconomic order against a rising tide of radicalism on the home front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 1917: The governor of Minnesota put the State Capitol in St. Paul under heavy military guard. Newspapers filled their columns with rumors of terrorist activities. Then the United States declared war on Germany. In the midst of patriotic hysteria, the state legislature passed a bill establishing the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to \"do . . . all acts and things necessary\" to defend the state from its enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl H. Chrislock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873512642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873512640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 5.99w x 0.88d","brand":"Carl H. Chrislock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227548938495,"sku":"9780873512640","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d56785ce-a6f6-48b7-b65d-f0a03fefcdba.jpg?v=1692809294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watchdog-of-loyalty-carl-h-chrislock-9780873512640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}