Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law

By Gabriel Schoenfeld

Book Overview

Gabriel Schoenfeld "brilliantly illuminates" (Wall Street Journal) a growing rift between a press that sees itself as the heroic force promoting the public's "right to know" and a government that needs to safeguard information vital to the effective conduct of foreign policy. A masterful contribution to the enduring challenge of interpreting the First Amendment, Necessary Secrets offers a gripping account of how our national security, now and across the American past, has been compromised by disclosure of classified information.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393339939
• ISBN13: 9780393339932
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.1"