Treason is the only crime explicitly defined in America s Constitution. Relatively few Americans have been convicted of it. Far more have had the poisonous word thrown at them. Through the cases of Americans who whether acting in defense of their country, for personal gain, or simply when society had redefined treasonous activity were accused of betraying their country, though not charged with the ultimate crime against one s nation, If This Be Treasontackles the complicated question of where dissent ends and betrayal begins. Jeremy Duda covers the gamut of American history, from the earliest...