Product Description: During the Allies’ invasion of Italy in the thick of World War II, American soldier James Kutcher was hit by a German mortar shell and lost both of his legs. Back home, rehabilitated and given a job at the Veterans’ Administration, he was soon to learn that his battles were far from over...read more

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When Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag, he was convicted for flag desecration under Texas law, but the Court of Appeals reversed the conviction. This work examines the case and the attendant controversy over whether protection of the flag conflicts with constitutional guarantees of free speech. (view table of contents)

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In 1989 a political fire storm erupted after the U.S. Supreme Court declared that dissidents had the constitutional right under the First Amendment to burn the flag. A proposed constitutional amendment to forbid flag desecration was defeated after months of bitter debate on Capitol Hill. This was followed by a congressional Flag Protection Act which was declared invalid by the Supreme Court in 1990, provoking a second attempt to pass the constitutional amendment. During the 12 months this controversy raged, it kindled one of the most extraordinary debates in the history of American politics about the meaning of democracy and its primary symbol, the flag.A timely addendum chronicles the late 1995 attempts once again to pass an amendment on flag desecration, adding to the significance of this readable account. (view table of contents)

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