The Torment of Secrecy: The Background and Consequences of American Security Politics - Couverture souple

Shils, Edward A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809306670 ISBN 13 : 9780809306671

Editeur : Southern Illinois University Press, 1974

Synopsis

Book by Shils Edward A

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Edward Shils's The Torment of Secrecy is one of the few minor classics to emerge from the cold war years of anticommunism and McCarthyism in the United States. Mr. Shils's "torment" is not only that of the individual caught up in loyalty and security procedures; it is also the torment of the accuser and judge. This essay in sociological analysis and political philosophy considers the cold war preoccupation with espionage, sabotage, and subversion at home, assessing the magnitude of such threats and contrasting it to the agitation? by lawmakers, investigators, and administrators? so wildly directed against the "enemy." Mr. Shils's examination of a recurring American characteristic is as timely as ever. "Brief. . . lucid. . . brilliant."? American Political Science Review. "A fine, sophisticated analysis of American social metabolism."? New Republic. "An excitingly lucid and intelligent work on a subject of staggering importance. . . the social preconditions of political democracy."? Social Forces.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Southern Illinois University Press
• Date d'édition: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809306670
• ISBN 13: 9780809306671
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible