Democracy in the Dark: The Seduction of Government Secrecy

by Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr.

Book Overview

"A timely and provocative book exploring the origins of the national security state and the urgent challenge of reining it in" (The Washington Post).

From Dick Cheney's man-sized safe to the National Security Agency's massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has too often captured the American government's modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important book, Frederick A.O. Schwarz...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620970511
• ISBN13: 9781620970515
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"