Presidents' Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power

by Mary Graham

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300223749
• ISBN13: 9780300223743
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"