Title Lords of secrecy : the national security elite and America's stealth warfare / Scott Horton.

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New York, NY : Nation Books, [2015]

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New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	327.1273 H78	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	327.1273 HORTON	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	342.7306 HO	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	260 pages ; 25 cm
Summary	"State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. The phrase "that's classified" is increasingly used not to protect national secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding national security. Washington today is inclined to see secrecy as a convenient cure to many of its problems. But too often these problems are not challenges to national security, they involve the embarrassment of political figures, disclosure of mismanagement, incompetence and corruption and even outright criminality. For national security issues to figure in democratic deliberation, the public must have access to basic facts that underlie the issues. The more those facts disappear under a cloak of state secrecy, the less space remains for democratic process and the more deliberation falls into the hands of largely unelected national security elites. The way out requires us to think much more critically and systematically about secrecy and its role in a democratic state"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term	2000 - 2099
Subject	Official secrets -- United States.
	Government information -- United States.
	National security -- United States.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism.
	LAW / International.
	Armed Forces -- Weapons systems. (OCoLC)fst01351920
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	Government information. (OCoLC)fst00945364
	Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
	National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
	Official secrets. (OCoLC)fst01044261
	United States -- Military policy.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN	9781568587455 hardback
	1568587457 hardback
	9781568584881 electronic

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