Whistleblowing Nation

Kaeten Mistry is senior lecturer in American History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Waging Political Warfare: The United States, Italy and the Origins of Cold War, 1945-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and editor of “Reforms, Reflections and Reappraisals: The CIA and U.S. Foreign Policy since 1947” (Intelligence and National Security, 2011). His writing has appeared in Cold War History, Diplomatic History, and the Washington Post.Kaeten Mistry is senior lecturer in American history at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The United States, Italy, and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare, 1945–1950 (2014) and editor of Reforms, Reflections, and Reappraisals: The CIA and U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1947 (2011).

Hannah Gurman is associate professor at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is the author of The Dissent Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond (Columbia, 2012) and editor of A People’s History of Counterinsurgency (2013).

Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists:
The book, with its diverse voices, contains an abundance of valuable and interesting information. The authors examine whistleblowing in all of its complexity while avoiding the temptation to lionize whistleblowers or idealize them.

Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences:
As Kaeten Mistry and Hannah Gurman demonstrate in this brilliant and compelling collection, the fates of national security whistleblowing and democracy are linked. These sharply written essays examine the characteristics of whistleblowers, the way secrecy and whistleblowing have changed over time, the interests at stake when the government prosecutes whistleblowers, and much more. Whistleblowing Nation is essential reading on the tensions between government secrecy and the transparency essential in a democracy.

Andrew Bacevich, author of The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory:
A dazzling collection that could hardly be more timely. Whatever your view of whistleblowers—heroes, traitors, or something in between—reading and reflecting on these essays will give you a far better appreciation of this controversial yet crucially important phenomenon.

Edward Snowden:
With democracies under threat and systems of oversight collapsing around the world, whistleblowing has never been more relevant. This book is a crucial resource for understanding a great paradox: how laws are rescued by a few who dare to break them.