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Classified : a history of secrecy in the United States government / David B. Frost.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frost, David B., 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Official secrets--United States--History.
- Official secrets.
- Government information--United States--History.
- Government information.
- Transparency (Ethics) in government--United States--History.
- Transparency (Ethics) in government.
- National security--United States--History.
- National security.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Secrecy has always played a role in American governance, from the First Continental Congress to the Manhattan Project to today's controversial procedures for protecting national security. The author examines the balance between the ideal of openness in government and the real world need for secrecy, and the political accommodations that have been made for each"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Secrecy and the Continental Congress
- The coming of a new Constitution
- The federal Constitutional Convention
- The secrecy issue during the ratification conventions
- Congress opens up its doors
- Secrecy and the public record
- Black budgets and the people's money
- Executive secrecy and publicity
- Executive privilege : the president's power to withhold information
- Federal records and the people's right to know
- Security classification.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2951-X
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