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Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump

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Whistleblowers: 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 serviceâ€”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.
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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 itâ€”yet American freedom, especially today, depends on it.

Country	USA
Author	Allison Stanger
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780300189568
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Yale University Press
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2019-09-24
Publisher	Yale University Press
ReleaseDate	2019-09-30
Studio	Yale University Press

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