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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Graham, Mary, 1944- author.     Subjects     Executive privilege (Government information) -- United States.     Official secrets -- United States.     Presidents -- United States -- Decision making.     Freedom of information -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Graham, Mary, 1944- author.       by title:      Presidents' secrets ...         MARC Display

Presidents' secrets : the use and abuse of hidden powers / Mary Graham. by Graham, Mary, 1944- author. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2017. Subjects Executive privilege (Government information) -- United States.   Official secrets -- United States.   Presidents -- United States -- Decision making.   Freedom of information -- United States. ISBN:  9780300223743 (hardcover) : 0300223749 (hardcover) Description:  x, 258 pages ; 25 cm 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  Ever since the nations 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 352.235 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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