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Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government’s intervention in Guatemala

Luca Trenta Orcid Logo, Kevin T Fahey Orcid Logo, Douglas B Atkinson Orcid Logo

Intelligence and National Security, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 579 - 598

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Recent scholarship debates the signaling function of secrecy and covertness. At the international level, covertness is used to achieve strategic objectives without risking escalation or openly violating international law. Domestically, secrecy is understood as method to pacify domestic constituencie...

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ISSN: 0268-4527 1743-9019
Published: Informa UK Limited 2023
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