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Secrecy: The American Experience Paperback - 1999

by Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Introduction by Richard Gid Powers

From a senior U.S. senator comes this fascinating and critically acclaimed account of the development of secrecy as a mode of regulation in American government since World War I.


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Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan here presents a 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. Selected as a 1998 Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review Selected as one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 1998 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review "A withering account of the Government's bottomless appetite for 'intelligence'-that is, for collecting, concealing, suppressing, and manipulating it. It is a dismaying tale, though Moynihan has told it with uncommon liveliness and a mordant wit."-Sam Tanenhaus, New York Times Book Review "Moynihan has provided us with an interesting history of secrecy in the United States, and a provocative meditation on the patterns and implications of secrecy in the government."-Claire Berlinski, National Review "Moynihan astutely describes how our bureaucracies quickly learned that having information that others want is a source of power. The senator enlivens his book with fascinating historical examples of how the thirst for secrecy is seemingly insatiable."-Stansfield Turner, Christian Science Monitor

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One more thing, adds Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "Secrecy is for losers."

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  • Title Secrecy: The American Experience
  • Author Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Introduction by Richard Gid Powers
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised Edition,
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
  • Date 1999-11-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780300080797 / 0300080794
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.06 x 0.82 in (20.17 x 12.85 x 2.08 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 352.379

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  • New York Times, 01/02/2000, Page 20
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