
The Torment of Secrecy
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Foreword
- Part I. Secbecy: Restriction and Overflow
- 1. Publicity, Privacy and Secrecy: Their Equilibrium and its Disruption
- I. The Public and the Private
- II. The Fascination of Secrecy
- III. Secrecy and Publicity
- 2. Two Patterns of Publicity, Privacy, and Secrecy: The United States and Great Britain
- I. Introductory Remarks
- II. The American Pattern: Luxuriating Publicity
- III. Hyperpatriotism and the Fear of Conspiracy
- IV. The British Pattern: The Bulwark of Privacy
- Part II. The Background of Excess
- 3. The Changing World
- I. Introductory Remarks
- II. Insolubility
- III. Dreams of Peace and Harmony: Disillusionment
- IV. The Atomic Bomb and the Secret
- V. The Danger of Subversion by Infiltration: Czechoslovakia and Miss Bentley
- VI. The Insecurity of the Secret and its Intractability
- 4. The Deeper Sources
- I. Hyperpatriotism
- II. Xenophobia
- III. Isolationism
- IV. Fundamentalism
- V. The Fear of Revolution
- VI. Populism
- 5. The Strain of Politics
- I. The Situation of the Legislator
- II. Politician vs. Bureaucrat
- III. Politicians and lntellectuals
- IV. The Alienated Intelligentsia
- V. The Embitterment of Opposition
- VI. The Burden of the Politician: The Vociferous Minority
- VII. The Temptation of the Politician: Populism and Publicity
- VIII. Concluding Remarks
- Part III. Consequences
- 6. The Deformation of Civility
- I. The Pluralistic Society: The Separation and Co-operation of the Spheres
- II. The Rule of Law: The Separation of Powers
- 7. The Autonomy of Science
- I. The Tradition
- II. Science, Politics, and Security
- III. The Impact on Science
- 8. Political Discourse and the Sense of Affinity
- 9. The Private Sphere
- 10. The Protection of Security
- I. Secrecy and Pluralism
- II. The Control of Subversion and Espionage
- III. Maximum Loyalty and Security
- IV. Loyalty
- V. The Benefit of Secrecy
- Part IV. Pluralism against Extremism
- 11. Pluralistic Politics
- 12. Ideological Politics
- 13. A New Alliance
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