Praise for the previous edition:
"The summaries are sufficiently meaty to give the reader an understanding of the issues...Recommended for all public,
school, and academic libraries."—Library Journal
Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their activities.
Political suppression also occurs in the name of security and the safeguarding of official secrets and is often used as a weapon in larger cultural or political battles. Literature
Suppressed on Political Grounds, Third Edition illustrates the extent and frequency of such censorship in nearly every form of writing.
New and revised entries include:
