Presidents' secrets the use and abuse of hidden 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...
| Main Author: | Graham, Mary, 1944- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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Table of 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.