Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library

Whistleblowers, honesty in America from Washington to Trump, Allison Stanger

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-274) and index

index present

non fiction

Whistleblowers

bibliography

1089489358

Allison Stanger

honesty in America from Washington to Trump

"A magisterial exploration of whistleblowing in America, from the Revolutionary War to the Trump era. Misconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital public service--yet they always suffer for it. This episodic history brings to light how whistleblowing, an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience, has held powerful elites accountable in America. Analyzing a range of whistleblowing episodes, from the corrupt Revolutionary War commodore Esek Hopkins (whose dismissal led in 1778 to the first whistleblower protection law) to Edward Snowden, to the dishonesty of Donald Trump, Allison Stanger reveals the centrality of whistleblowing to the health of American democracy. She also shows that with changing technology and increasing militarization, the exposure of misconduct has grown more difficult to do and more personally costly for those who do it-yet American freedom, especially today, depends on it."--Cover

Introduction: The paradox – Part I. From the Revolution to 9/11. Truths ; Corruption ; Treason ; Business -- Part II. The Internet age. Secrecy ; Surveillance ; Snowden ; Malevolence -- Conclusion: Why America needs whistleblowers

Whistle blowersHonesty in America from Washington to Trump