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Antinuclear Movement

9/4/2022

What I Learned About Governments from Researching Classified Documents

by Lawrence Wittner

Historians who have conducted research in classified materials understand how seriously governments take secrecy and how secrecy can conceal malfeasance or anti-democratic action.

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Antinuclear Movement

What I Learned About Governments from Researching Classified Documents

by Lawrence Wittner