Newswise — Brian F. Carso, Jr., J.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of history and director of the pre-law and Government, Law & National Security programs at Misericordia University, is an expert on treason and is available to discuss WikiLeaks and the war in Afghanistan.
Dr. Carso is the author of “Whom Can We Trust Now? The Meaning of Treason in the United States form the Revolution through the Civil War.’’ It was published by Lexington Books.
In his book, Dr. Carson outlines how the ancient crime of treason posed legal, political and intellectual problems for the United States from its conception through the Civil War. By examining editorials, sermons, histories, orations, art, literature and political cartoons, he identifies how the meaning of treason engaged a young democratic republic’s imagination in a variety of compelling forms and instructed citizens on loyalty, betrayal, allegiance and political obligation outside the courtroom as much as within it.
Dr. Carso has a doctorate in American studies from Boston University and a law degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also has master’s and bachelor’s degrees in American history and English from the University of Rochester.
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