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The War on Leakers: National Security and American Democracy, from Eugene V. Debs to Edward Snowden
Lloyd C. Gardner
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Description for The War on Leakers: National Security and American Democracy, from Eugene V. Debs to Edward Snowden
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
The War on Leakers joins the growing debate over surveillance and the national security state, bringing to bear the unique perspective of one of America's most respected diplomatic historians. Gardner examines how the government and media have grappled with national security leaks over nearly five decades, what the relationship of leaking has been to the exercise of American power during and after the Cold War, similarities and differences between leakers over time and the implications of all this for how we should think about the role of leakers in a democracy.
The War on Leakers joins the growing debate over surveillance and the national security state, bringing to bear the unique perspective of one of America's most respected diplomatic historians. Gardner examines how the government and media have grappled with national security leaks over nearly five decades, what the relationship of leaking has been to the exercise of American power during and after the Cold War, similarities and differences between leakers over time and the implications of all this for how we should think about the role of leakers in a democracy.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781620970638
SKU
V9781620970638
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About Lloyd C. Gardner
Lloyd C. Gardner is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including The Long Road to Baghdad, Three Kings, The Road to Tahrir Square, and Killing Machine, and a co-editor (with Marilyn B. Young) of The New American Empire and Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam, all published ... Read more
Reviews for The War on Leakers: National Security and American Democracy, from Eugene V. Debs to Edward Snowden
Praise for The War on Leakers: [An] engaging and thoroughly researched investigation.” Booklist [The War on Leakers is] well-written and tightly-argued. . . A worthwhile contribution to our ongoing national debate about the balance between national security and privacy and about the line between sedition and dissent.” Kirkus Reviews Praise for ... Read more