Secrecy : the American experience /

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, chairman of the bipartisan Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, here presents an eloquent and fascinating account of the development of secrecy as a mode of regulation in American government since World War I - how it was born, how world events s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Official secrets > United States > History > 20th century.
Executive privilege (Government information) > United States > History > 20th century.
Security classification (Government documents) > United States > History > 20th century.
Secrets d'État > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Privilège de l'exécutif (Information sur l'État) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Classification de sécurité (Documents gouvernementaux) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Executive privilege (Government information)
Official secrets
Security classification (Government documents)
Geheimdokument
Spionageabwehr
Staatsgeheimnis
Geheimhouding.
Overheidsdocumenten.
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Secrecy as regulation
  • Chapter 2. The experience of World War I
  • Chapter 3. The encounter with communism
  • Chapter 4. The experience of World War II
  • Chapter 5. The bomb
  • Chapter 6. A culture of secrecy
  • Chapter 7. The routinization of secrecy
  • Chapter 8. A culture of openness.

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