Whistleblowing nation : the history of national security disclosures and the cult of state secrecy / edited by Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurman.
2020
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Title
Whistleblowing nation : the history of national security disclosures and the cult of state secrecy / edited by Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurman.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Description
1 online resource (xi, 380 pages)
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction / Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurman
The paradox of national security whistleblowing : locating and framing a history of the phenomenon / Hannah Gurman and Kaeten Mistry
From censorship to classification : the evolution of the Espionage Act / Sam Lebovic
The Devil's advocate : Leonard B. Boudin, civil liberties, and the legal defense of whistleblowing / Julia Rose Kraut
Celebrity hero : Daniel Ellsberg and the forging of whistleblower masculinity / Lida Maxwell
The rise and fall of anti-imperial whistleblowing in the long 1970s / Kaeten Mistry
Winter soldiers of the dark side : CIA whistleblowers and national security dissent / Jeremy Varon
From the mundane to the absurd : the advent and evolution of prepublication review / Richard H. Immerman
The public-sphere hero : representations of whistleblowing in U.S. culture / Timothy Melley
Creating uncertainty, casting doubt : U.S. intelligence leaks from reform to spyware for sale / Matthew L. Jones
Unfit to print : the press and the Contragate whistleblowers / Hannah Gurman
The challenge of journalism and the truth in our times : James Risen, Judith Miller, and national security reporting / Lloyd C. Gardner
Coda : Edward Snowden, national security whistleblowing, and civil disobedience / David Pozen
Conclusion / Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurma.
The paradox of national security whistleblowing : locating and framing a history of the phenomenon / Hannah Gurman and Kaeten Mistry
From censorship to classification : the evolution of the Espionage Act / Sam Lebovic
The Devil's advocate : Leonard B. Boudin, civil liberties, and the legal defense of whistleblowing / Julia Rose Kraut
Celebrity hero : Daniel Ellsberg and the forging of whistleblower masculinity / Lida Maxwell
The rise and fall of anti-imperial whistleblowing in the long 1970s / Kaeten Mistry
Winter soldiers of the dark side : CIA whistleblowers and national security dissent / Jeremy Varon
From the mundane to the absurd : the advent and evolution of prepublication review / Richard H. Immerman
The public-sphere hero : representations of whistleblowing in U.S. culture / Timothy Melley
Creating uncertainty, casting doubt : U.S. intelligence leaks from reform to spyware for sale / Matthew L. Jones
Unfit to print : the press and the Contragate whistleblowers / Hannah Gurman
The challenge of journalism and the truth in our times : James Risen, Judith Miller, and national security reporting / Lloyd C. Gardner
Coda : Edward Snowden, national security whistleblowing, and civil disobedience / David Pozen
Conclusion / Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurma.
Summary
"The twenty-first century witnessed a new age of whistleblowing in the United States. Disclosures by Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and others have stoked heated public debates about the ethics of exposing institutional secrets, with roots in a longer history of state insiders revealing privileged information. Bringing together contributors from a range of disciplines to consider political, legal, and cultural dimensions, Whistleblowing Nation is a pathbreaking history of national security disclosures and state secrecy from World War I to the present. The contributors explore the complex politics, motives, and ideologies behind the revelation of state secrets that threaten the status quo, challenging reductive characterizations of whistleblowers as heroes or traitors. They examine the dynamics of state retaliation, political backlash, and civic contests over the legitimacy and significance of the exposure and the whistleblower. The volume considers the growing power of the executive branch and its consequences for First Amendment rights, the protection and prosecution of whistleblowers, and the rise of vast classification and censorship regimes within the national-security state. Featuring analyses from leading historians, literary scholars, legal experts, and political scientists, Whistleblowing Nation sheds new light on the tension of secrecy and transparency, security and civil liberties, and the politics of truth and falsehood"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on April 01, 2020).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Whistleblowing nation. New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780231550680 (electronic book)
0231550685 (electronic book)
9780231194167 (hardcover)
9780231194174 (paperback)
0231550685 (electronic book)
9780231194167 (hardcover)
9780231194174 (paperback)
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