1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162707403321

Autore

Graham Mary <1944->

Titolo

Presidents' secrets : the  use and abuse of hidden power / / Mary Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-300-22768-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

352.3790973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Decision making

Official secrets - United States

Freedom of information - United States

Executive privilege (Government information) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Constitutional Convention: The President's Limited Power -- 2. George Washington: A Culture of Openness -- 3. Woodrow Wilson: A Foundation for Secret Government -- 4. Harry Truman: Institutional Secrecy -- 5. Lyndon Johnson: Stealth Attacks on Openness -- 6. Gerald Ford: A Time of Reckoning -- 7. George W. Bush: A Test of the Limits -- 8. Barack Obama: A Twenty-First-Century Bargain? -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

How presidents use secrecy to protect the nation, foster diplomacy, and gain 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, 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.   Mary Graham tracks the rise in governmental secrecy that began with surveillance and loyalty programs during Woodrow Wilson's administration, explores how it developed during the Cold War, and



analyzes efforts to reform the secrecy apparatus and restore oversight in the 1970s. Chronicling the expansion of presidential secrecy in the Bush years, Graham explains what presidents and the American people can learn from earlier crises, why the attempts of Congress to rein in stealth activities don't work, and why presidents cannot hide actions that affect citizens' rights and values.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000918979707536

Autore

Amorós, Jaume

Titolo

Fundamental groups of compact Kahler manifolds / J. Amorós ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c1996

ISBN

0821804987

Descrizione fisica

xi, 140 p. ; 27 cm

Collana

Mathematical surveys and monographs, 0076-5376 ; 44

Classificazione

AMS 53C55

QA649.F77

Disciplina

516.36

Soggetti

Fundamental groups

Kahlerian manifolds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00092830

Autore

PETKOVIC, Sofija

Titolo

The Roman items of bone and antler from the territory of upper Moesia / Sofija Petkovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Belgrado, : Petar Petrovic, 1995 150 p. ; 28 cm.

ISBN

86-8009-307-6

Classificazione

L

Lingua di pubblicazione

Molteplice

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia