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Lords of secrecy scott horton author 2015 a desert reckoning deanne stillman author 2012 tropic of chaos. The national security elite and americas stealth warfare horton, scott on. This book is certainly an accessible and digestible depiction of what scott horton, author of 2015s lords of secrecy, sums up in an afterword as. Whether to go to war or keep out of conflicts was a vital question at the heart of the countrys vibrant, if fractious, democracy. The way out requires us to think much more critically and systematically about secrecy and its role in a democratic state. Scott horton s lords of secrecy is a brilliantly devastating expose of the shadow government that runs us national security policy. The national security elite and americas stealth warfare by scott horton 20160105 scott horton on. The vietnam war, in its essence, was the national security experts war. The national security elite and americas stealth foreign policy. Nation books, 2015 for an overview of the evermetastasizing international surveillance state, i recommend two great books. The national security elite and americas stealth warfare, by scott horton, nation, rrp. This is horton s book length take on howas his subtitle.
Nation books in lords of secrecy, awardwinning journalist and lawyer scott horton, a contributing editor at harpers magazine, exposes the threat to democracy of an everexpanding shadow government. When public policy is made by unaccountable individuals and institutions in the name of national security, voters are left in the dark. This useful book catches him in the act and even offers some thoughts on how to poke his. A summary of the book states forty years ago, a majority of americans were highly engaged in issues of war and peace. Breuer said, you dont get to break the law and disclose classified information just because you want to. The national security elite and americas stealth warfare nationbooks. The phrase thats classified is increasingly used not to protect national secrets from legitimate enemies, but rather to stifle public discourse regarding. This is hortons booklength take on howas his subtitle. Glenn greenwald scott hortons lords of secrecy is a brilliantly devastating expose of the shadow government that runs us national security policy. Scott horton audio books, best sellers, author bio. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Lords of secrecy by scott horton overdrive rakuten. Nation books has 143 entries in their overdrive catalogue.
Scott horton, human rights attorney and contributing editor at harpers magazine. Aug 28, 2015 excerpt from scott hortons lords of secrecy, published in january by nation books. Glenn greenwald scott hortons lords of secrecy is a brilliantly devastating expose of the shadow. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Lords of secrecy begins with his extended reflections on democratic theory and the implications of bureaucratic secrecy for the health of a democratic system. Scott horton argues that america faces a crisis of democracy in which national security elites have become ascendant and use secrecy to make decisions specifically, about war and conflict that properly belong to the people and their representatives in congress. Scott horton, author and humanitarian lawyer, in his new book, lords of secrecy nation books, lays out the opportunity costs to the united states that are harder to quantify. Scott hortons book is an attempt to catalogue what we know about the abuses of americas security services in a postsnowden world. Powerful, unaccountable, and operating far in the shadows, the lords of secrecy, as author scott horton calls them, are real, and they are in. Apr 19, 2015 scott horton, author and humanitarian lawyer, in his new book, lords of secrecy nation books, lays out the opportunity costs to the united states that are harder to quantify. Horton paints a somber picture, especially when he describes the failure of the civilian government to control these military and paramilitary strains.
Scott hortons 2015 book lords of secrecy is a powerful indictment of secrecy. But far from being merely descriptive, lords of secrecy also catalogues and assesses the tools that citizens in a democracy can use to fight back. The more those facts disappear under a cloak of state secrecy, the less space remains for democratic process and the more deliberation falls into the hands of largely unelected national security elites. The national security elite and americas stealth warfare.
The national security elite and americas stealth warfare, by scott horton in lucid and chilling detail, journalist and lawyer scott horton shows how secrecy has changed the way. Scott horton state secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. Lee lords of secrecy the national security elite and americas stealth warfare por scott horton disponible en rakuten kobo. Horton looks at the legal edifice upon which these decisions are. I mean mostly and foremost, the lords of financial secrecy and the lords of political secrecy, which the book doesnt even mention. Forty years ago, a majority of americans were highly engaged in. From drone wars to middle east fiascos to the war on whistleblowers, scott horton brilliantly blends original reporting with a reasoned defense of democratic ideals going back to ancient athens. The national security elite and americas stealth warfare lords of secrecy hardback common jan 1, 2015.
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