The Culture of Secrecy: Britain, 1832-1998

ISBN-13: 9780198203070 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 376 str.

David Vincent

Opis

This is the first, comprehensive study of the culture of secrecy in modern British history. Accessibly written, it places current controversies over privacy and confidentiality, secrecy and openness, integrity and public trust, in the context of the development of the liberal state since 1832.

Recenzje

This is the best book ever written on the history of official secrecy in Britian ... it ranges much wider than the Whitehall machine and investigates secrecy in other areas of British public life. It is this aspect of David Vincent's work that provides a range of perspective that is so often missing from other accounts of secrecy.

O autorze

David Vincent is Professor of Social History and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Keele.