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Author:

DiJoseph, John.

Title:

Noble cause corruption, the banality of evil, and the threat to American democracy, 1950-2008 / John DiJoseph.

Publisher:

University Press of America,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xii, 188 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Political corruption--United States
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989
United States--Politics and government--1989-
Democracy--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945---1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Realism, idealism and noble cause corruption -- Historical background of noble cause corruption : the American tradition vs. the European tradition -- Analysis of American cause corruption -- Thinking critically : the corrupters' mindset -- Ideology and the banality of evil and noble cause corruption -- Noble cause corruption and "following orders" -- American noble cause corruption : the insights of Reinhold Niebuhr and Friedrich Meinecke -- The footprints of American noble cause corrupters -- The corrupters' justification : John Le Carr©♭, Richard Sorge and cognitive dissonances -- Noble cause corrupters are an internal threat to American democracy -- Controlling the corrupters -- Curbing the corrupters : leadership and final word.

ISBN:

0761850198 (paperback : alk. paper)
9780761850199 (paperback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)466358875

LCCN:

2009939393

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)