The Resource Secrecy : the American experience, Daniel Patrick Moynihan ; introduction by Richard Gid Powers
Secrecy : the American experience, Daniel Patrick Moynihan ; introduction by Richard Gid Powers
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- Summary
- 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 shaped it, how it has adversely affected momentous political decisions and events, and how it has eluded efforts to curtail or end it. Senator Moynihan begins with the intriguing story of the Venona project, the Soviet spy cables intercepted during World War II and decrypted by the U.S. Army - but never passed on to President Truman. The divisive Hiss perjury trial and the McCarthy era of suspicion might have had a far different impact on American society, says Moynihan, if government agencies had not kept secrets from one another as a means of shoring up their power. He discusses the Bay of Pigs, Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, and, finally, the failure to forecast the collapse of the Soviet Union, suggesting the many of the tragedies resulting from these events could have been averted had the issues been clarified in an open exchange of ideas
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 262 pages
- Contents
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- Secrecy as Regulation
- The Experience of World War I
- The Encounter with Communism
- The Experience of World War II
- The Bomb
- A Culture of Secrecy
- The Routinization of Secrecy
- A Culture of Openness
- Isbn
- 9780300077568
- Label
- Secrecy : the American experience
- Title
- Secrecy
- Title remainder
- the American experience
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan ; introduction by Richard Gid Powers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 shaped it, how it has adversely affected momentous political decisions and events, and how it has eluded efforts to curtail or end it. Senator Moynihan begins with the intriguing story of the Venona project, the Soviet spy cables intercepted during World War II and decrypted by the U.S. Army - but never passed on to President Truman. The divisive Hiss perjury trial and the McCarthy era of suspicion might have had a far different impact on American society, says Moynihan, if government agencies had not kept secrets from one another as a means of shoring up their power. He discusses the Bay of Pigs, Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, and, finally, the failure to forecast the collapse of the Soviet Union, suggesting the many of the tragedies resulting from these events could have been averted had the issues been clarified in an open exchange of ideas
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1927-2003
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moynihan, Daniel P.
- Dewey number
- 352.3/79
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK468.S4
- LC item number
- M68 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Official secrets
- Executive privilege (Government information)
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Label
- Secrecy : the American experience, Daniel Patrick Moynihan ; introduction by Richard Gid Powers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Secrecy as Regulation -- The Experience of World War I -- The Encounter with Communism -- The Experience of World War II -- The Bomb -- A Culture of Secrecy -- The Routinization of Secrecy -- A Culture of Openness
- Control code
- 39182564
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- ix, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300077568
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 98008144
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Secrecy : the American experience, Daniel Patrick Moynihan ; introduction by Richard Gid Powers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Secrecy as Regulation -- The Experience of World War I -- The Encounter with Communism -- The Experience of World War II -- The Bomb -- A Culture of Secrecy -- The Routinization of Secrecy -- A Culture of Openness
- Control code
- 39182564
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- ix, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300077568
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 98008144
- Media category
- unmediated
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