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Noble Cause Corruption, the Banality of Evil, and the Threat to American Democracy, 1950-2008
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2010
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Noble Cause Corruption, the Banality of Evil, and the Threat to American Democracy, 1950-2008 is a probe of the mindset of American government officials, from presidents of the United States on down, who decided that necessity required that the American democracy had to be defended by actions and policies that were contrary to the traditional ideals of the democracy. The emphasis is on the activities of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. The probe relies for its historical data on well-recognized, previously published reports and histories. The probe is unique in that it focuses on the mindset of the individuals involved. The analysis of the mindset ranges from Aristotle, the latest research of mental health professionals, to the insights of thinkers Edmund Burke, Reinhold Niebuhr, Friedrich Meinecke, and George Kennan. The conclusions reached are disturbing: the defense of the democracy has been a failure and the mindset of the officials has continued to the present day and does not bode well for the future of the democracy.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5019-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5020-5
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
189
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgements No access
Chapter 1: Realism, Idealism and Noble Cause Corruption No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 2: Historical Background of Noble Cause Corruption: The American Tradition vs. the European Tradition No access Pages 13 - 22
Chapter 3: Analysis of American Cause Corruption No access Pages 23 - 32
Chapter 4: Thinking Critically: The Corrupters' Mindset No access Pages 33 - 42
Chapter 5: Ideology and the Banality of Evil and Noble Cause Corruption No access Pages 43 - 52
Chapter 6: Noble Cause Corruption and "Following Orders" No access Pages 53 - 58
Chapter 7: American Noble Cause Corruption: The Insights of Reinhold Niebuhr and Friedrich Meinecke No access Pages 59 - 72
Chapter 8: The Footprints of American Noble Cause Corrupters No access Pages 73 - 92
Chapter 9: The Corrupters' Justification: John LeCarrė, Richard Sorge and Cognitive Dissonances No access Pages 93 - 120
Chapter 10: Noble Cause Corrupters are an Internal Threat to American Democracy No access Pages 121 - 148
Chapter 11: Controlling the Corrupters No access Pages 149 - 162
Chapter 12: Curbing the Corrupters: Leadership and Final Word No access Pages 163 - 176
