0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945

Buy Now

We Know All About You - The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (Hardcover) Loot Price: R592
Discovery Miles 5 920
We Know All About You - The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (Hardcover): Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

We Know All About You - The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America (Hardcover)

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

 (1 rating, sign in to rate)
Loot Price R592 Discovery Miles 5 920

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

We Know All About You shows how bulk spying came of age in the nineteenth century, and supplies the first overarching narrative and interpretation of what has happened since, covering the agencies, programs, personalities, technology, leaks, criticisms and reform. Concentrating on America and Britain, it delves into the roles of credit agencies, private detectives, and phone-hacking journalists as well as government agencies like the NSA and GCHQ, and highlights malpractices such as the blacklist and illegal electronic interceptions. It demonstrates that several presidents - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon - conducted political surveillance, and how British agencies have been under a constant cloud of suspicion for similar reasons. We Know All About You continues with an account of the 1970s leaks that revealed how the FBI and CIA kept tabs on anti-Vietnam War protestors, and assesses the reform impulse that began in America and spread to Britain. The end of the Cold War further undermined confidence in the need for surveillance, but it returned with a vengeance after 9/11. The book shows how reformers challenged that new expansionism, assesses the political effectiveness of the Snowden revelations, and offers an appraisal of legislative initiatives on both sides of the Atlantic. Micro-stories and character sketches of individuals ranging from Pinkerton detective James McParlan to recent whisteblowers illuminate the book. We Know All About You confirms that governments have a record of abusing surveillance powers once granted, but emphasizes that problems arising from private sector surveillance have been particularly neglected.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2017
Authors: Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
Dimensions: 204 x 140 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-874966-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-874966-X
Barcode: 9780198749660

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Crossroads - I Live Where I Like
Koni Benson Paperback R280 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590
Ratels Aan Die Lomba - Die Storie Van…
Leopold Scholtz Paperback  (4)
R295 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640
A Promised Land
Barack Obama Hardcover  (6)
R930 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950
Becoming
Michelle Obama Hardcover  (6)
R776 R671 Discovery Miles 6 710
Becoming
Michelle Obama CD  (1)
R579 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790
Hidden Figures - The Untold Story of the…
Margot Lee Shetterly Paperback  (2)
R337 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060
Mandela - The Authorised Biography
Anthony Sampson Paperback  (1)
R310 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770
Renegades - Born In The USA
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen Hardcover  (1)
R1,125 R945 Discovery Miles 9 450
People's War - New Light On The Struggle…
Anthea Jeffery Paperback  (1)
R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860
American Sniper - The Autobiography Of…
Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, … Paperback  (3)
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370
Queen Of Our Times - The Life Of…
Robert Hardman Hardcover R610 Discovery Miles 6 100
Shadows in the sand - A Koevoet…
Sisingi Kamongo, Leon Bezuidenhout Paperback R255 R236 Discovery Miles 2 360

See more

Partners