Secrecy: The American Experience

By Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Categories: History, Politics & Social Sciences

Secrecy is a 1998 book by U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Moynihan traces the growth of government secrecy in the United States since World War I and argues that it has often harmed American policy and democracy.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book is a very timely one. It's one I read years ago. It's called "Secrecy" by he late great senator from the State of New York Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Moynihan's piece is that secrecy is basically contrary to democracy and he points out many, many times when it has actually hurt the United States from the Bay of Pigs to the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iran-Contra affair. It's a very intriguing read in light of the WikiLeaks business.”