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Author Wilkinson, Nicholas, 1941-

Title Secrecy and the media : the official history of the United Kingdom's D-notice system / Nicholas Wilkinson
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource
Series Whitehall histories. Government official history series, 1474-8398
Government official history series.
Contents BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; Section 1 PRE-FORMATION: The Long Debate, 1880s-1912; Section 2 FORMATION AND EARLY MODUS OPERANDI OF THE COMMITTEE, 1912-14; Section 3 WORLD WAR I, 1914-18; Section 4 BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, 1918-39; Section 5 WORLD WAR II: Suspended Animation, 1939-45; Section 6 EARLY YEARS OF THE COLD WAR, 1945-67; Section 7 THE 'LOHAN' AFFAIR, 1967; Section 8 LATTER YEARS OF THE COLD WAR, AND NORTHERN IRELAND, 1967-90; Section 9 POST COLD WAR, 1990-97; APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary This book traces the development of the D-Notice system, which controls the media's access to government secrets, from 19th-century colonial campaigns, through two world wars, to modern operations and counter-terrorism
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed August 3, 2009)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
Subject Freedom of the press -- Great Britain
Censorship -- Great Britain
Executive privilege (Government information) -- Great Britain
National security -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Official secrets -- Great Britain
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Censorship
Executive privilege (Government information)
Freedom of the press
National security -- Law and legislation
Official secrets
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203876459
0203876458
9780415453752
0415453755
9786612085277
6612085274
9781134052530
1134052537