The Declassification Engine (Paperback)

Matthew Connelly

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Editore: Random House USA Inc, New York, 2024

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Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE Every day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit?A brilliant, deeply unsettling look at the history and inner workings of the dark state'. At a time when federal agencies are increasingly classifying or destroying documents with historical significance, this book could not be more important. Eric Schlosser, New York Times best-selling author of Command and ControlBefore World War II, transparent government was a proud tradition in the United States. In all but the most serious of circumstances, classification, covert operations, and spying were considered deeply un-American. But after the war, the power to decide what could be kept secret proved too tempting to give up. Since then, we have radically departed from that open tradition, allowing intelligence agencies, black sites, and classified laboratories to grow unchecked. Officials insist that only secrecy can keep us safe, but its true costs have gone unacknowledged for too long. Using the latest techniques in data science, historian Matthew Connelly analyzes a vast trove of state secrets to unearth not only what the government really did not want us to know but also why they didnt want us to know it. Culling this research and carefully examining a series of pivotal moments in recent history, from Pearl Harbor to drone warfare, Connelly sheds light on the drivers of state secrecy especially incompetence and criminalityand how rampant overclassification makes it impossible to protect truly vital information. What results is an astonishing study of power: of the greed it enables, of the negligence it protects, and of what we lose as citizens when our leaders cannot be held to account. A crucial examination of the self-defeating nature of secrecy and the dire state of our nations archives, The Declassification Engine is a powerful reminder of the importance of preserving the past so that we may secure our future. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
The Declassification Engine (Paperback)
Autore
Matthew Connelly
Editore
Random House USA Inc, New York
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1101973676
ISBN 13
9781101973677

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