The Torment of Secrecy - The Background and Consequences of American Secruity Policies (Paperback, New edition)

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."

General

Imprint:	Ivan R. Dee
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1996
First published:	February 1996
Authors:	Edward Shils
Dimensions:	202 x 130 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	259
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-56663-105-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services
LSN:	1-56663-105-X
Barcode:	9781566631051

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