The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets by Matthew Connelly

The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets

Matthew Connelly

560 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative slow-paced
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A captivating study of US state secrecy that combines data science and incisive history to uncover the vast system government officials use to hoard power and evade democratic accountabilityBefore the Second World War, transparent government was a...

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