Crisis in Credibility; An Investigation into Secrecy and Deceit in the United States Government

Beschreibung

[1], vii, 247, [3], pages. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. The dust jacket is in plastic sleeve. From DJ flap - This is the first full-length book to analyze and critically discuss the current scope of secrecy, news management, and lying on the part of the United States government. Too often in recent years the government has sacrificed truth for expediency. Today the credibility of the government is in serious doubt; the "credibility gap" is dangerously impairing relations in both domestic and international spheres. To support this thesis, Mr. Ladd examines our government's statements and actions concerning the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic and our role in Vietnam: "The misleading statements of the United States government explain why the United States' third largest war is its least understood. The President, the Secretary of State have consistently misinformed the people about Vietnam and have thereby reduced the level of public confidence necessary for ending the fighting." Bruce Ladd has been an editor of award-winning newspapers in Illinois, press secretary to Charles H. Percy, and Legislative and Special Assistant to Congressman Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois. The Military Government of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Gobierno Militar de Santo Domingo) was a provisional military government established during the American occupation of the Dominican Republic that lasted from May 15, 1916 to September 18, 1924. The United States aimed to force the Dominicans to repay their large debts to European creditors, whose governments threatened military intervention. On May 13, 1916, Rear Admiral William B. Caperton forced the Dominican Republic's Secretary of War Desiderio Arias, who had seized power from President Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra, to leave Santo Domingo by threatening the city with naval bombardment. The Marines landed two days later and established effective control of the country within two months. Three major roads were built, largely for military purposes, connecting for the first time the capital with Santiago in the north, Azua in the west, and San Pedro de Macorís in the east; the system of forced labor used by the Americans in Haiti was absent in the Dominican Republic.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Crisis in Credibility; An Investigation into Secrecy and Deceit in the United States Government

Verlag

The New American Library, Inc, New York

Erscheinungsjahr

1968

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

Presumed First Edition, First printing.

Zustand

Very good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

Very good

Signiert

Signatur des Verfassers

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• Vietnam War