Presidents' secrets
Subtitle: the  use and abuse of hidden power
By: Mary Graham
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780300223743
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Official secrets; Executive privilege (Government information); Presidents; Decision making; Freedom of information
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The constitutional convention : the president's limited power; title: George Washington : a culture of openness; title: Woodrow Wilson : a foundation for secret government; title: Harry Truman : institutional secrecy; title: Lyndon Johnson : stealth attacks on openness; title: Gerald Ford : a time of reckoning; title: George W. Bush : a test of the limits; title: Barack Obama : a twenty-first-century bargain?.