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Author: Athan Theoharis
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Imprint: University Press of Kansas
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.350kg
ISBN: 9780700609987
ISBN 10: 0700609989
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 30 April 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A provocative volume that delivers a cautionary shot across the bow for journalists, scholars, and every citizen dedicated to responsible government. It brings into sharp focus the current bureaucratic wars pitting the public's right to know against government spinmasters who hide and warp the truth by overclassifying documents that rightfully belong to the people. --<b>Seymour M. Hersh</b>, author of <i>The Dark Side of Camelot</i> This is the best file ever assembled about our government's unconscionable attempts to keep its secrets from the people. The so-called intelligence community has been insulting the rest of us for decades. The documentation is all here. Now it's up to the rest of us to do something about it. --<b>Victor Navasky</b>, publisher and editorial director, <i>The Nation</i> Fills a huge gap in America's understanding of how the Freedom of Information Act actually works (or doesn't). Scholars have long needed such a volume, while general readers will be scandalized by its revelations. --<b>John Prados</b>, author of <i>Presidents' Secret Wars</i> A major work exposing the gatekeepers of America's Secret History, and an important resource for those still searching for the truth. --<b>Oliver Stone</b>
-A provocative volume that delivers a cautionary shot across the bow for journalists, scholars, and every citizen dedicated to responsible government. It brings into sharp focus the current bureaucratic wars pitting the public's right to know against government spinmasters who hide and warp the truth by overclassifying documents that rightfully belong to the people.---Seymour M. Hersh, author of The Dark Side of Camelot -This is the best file ever assembled about our government's unconscionable attempts to keep its secrets from the people. The so-called intelligence community has been insulting the rest of us for decades. The documentation is all here. Now it's up to the rest of us to do something about it.---Victor Navasky, publisher and editorial director, The Nation -Fills a huge gap in America's understanding of how the Freedom of Information Act actually works (or doesn't). Scholars have long needed such a volume, while general readers will be scandalized by its revelations.---John Prados, author of Presidents' Secret Wars -A major work exposing the gatekeepers of America's Secret History, and an important resource for those still searching for the truth.---Oliver Stone
Author Information
Athan G. Theoharis is a professor of history at Marquette University and a leading authority on the FBI. Among his many books are From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover, The Boss, and Spying on Americans.
