State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America's Secrecy Regime - Tapa dura

Lebovic, Sam

 
9781541620162: State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America's Secrecy Regime
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ISBN 10: 154162016X ISBN 13: 9781541620162
Editorial: Basic Books, 2023

Sinopsis

An "essential guide" (Beverly Gage, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man) to how the Espionage Act gave rise to a vast American security state that keeps citizens in the dark

In State of Silence,?political historian Sam Lebovic uncovers the troubling history of the Espionage Act. First passed in 1917, it was initially used to punish critics of World War I. Yet as Americans began to balk at the act’s restrictions on political dissidents and the press, the government turned its focus toward keeping its secrets under wraps. The resulting system for classifying information is absurdly cautious, staggeringly costly, and shrouded in secrecy, preventing ordinary Americans from learning what their country is doing in their name, both at home and abroad.  

Shedding?new light on the bloated governmental security apparatus that’s weighing our democracy down,?State of Silence?offers the definitive history of America’s turn toward secrecy—and its staggering human costs. 

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Acerca del autor

Sam Lebovic is a professor in the department of history and art history at George Mason University. He is the author of the award-winning Free Speech and Unfree News and A Righteous Smokescreen. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and more. He lives in Washington, DC.? 

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
154162016X
ISBN 13 
9781541620162
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Número de páginas
452
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