Title Presidents' secrets : the use and abuse of hidden power / Mary Graham.

Publication Info.	New York : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Description	1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The constitutional convention: The president's limited power -- George Washington: A culture of openness -- Woodrow Wilson: A foundation for secret government -- Harry Truman: Institutional secrecy -- Lyndon Johnson: Stealth attacks on openness -- Gerald Ford: A time of reckoning -- George W. Bush: A test of the limits -- Barack Obama: A twenty-first-century bargain? -- Conclusion.
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Summary	How presidents use secrecy to protect the nation, foster diplomacy, and gain power Ever since the nation's most important secret meeting-the Constitutional Convention-presidents have struggled to balance open, accountable government with necessary secrecy in military affairs and negotiations. For the first one hundred and twenty years, a culture of open government persisted, but new threats and technology have long since shattered the old bargains. Today, presidents neither protect vital information nor provide the open debate Americans expect. Mary Graham tracks the rise in governmental sec.
Subject	Official secrets -- United States.
	Executive privilege (Government information) -- United States.
	Transparency in government -- United States.
	Presidents -- United States -- Decision making.
	Freedom of information -- United States.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.
	Executive privilege (Government information) (OCoLC)fst00917869
	Freedom of information. (OCoLC)fst00934017
	Official secrets. (OCoLC)fst01044261
	Presidents -- Decision making. (OCoLC)fst01075743
	Transparency in government. (OCoLC)fst01154902
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form:	Print version: Graham, Mary, 1944- Presidents' secrets. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017] 0300223749 (DLC) 2016950309 (OCoLC)961310097
ISBN	9780300227680 (electronic book)
	030022768X (electronic book)

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