What Price Liberty?

Wilson finds answers in four centuries of British history. His broad survey looks at the English Civil War, the Enlightenment, the 19th- and 20th-century battles for extended suffrage, and the current political climate in which special interest groups are attempting to narrow the scope of civil liberties. 

The evidence presented in this challenging book resoundingly supports Wilson’s contention that ‘security won at the expense of freedom is futile and self-defeating’.