Secrecy and the Media : The Official History of the United Kingdom's D-Notice System

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ISBN: 9780203876459 | 0203876458
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Copyright: 5/28/2009

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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.

Preface
Pre-Formation - The Long Debate - 1880s-1912
Victorian Security and Press Interaction
Regulation of the Press, and the Boer War
Facing the Growing German Threat
Wrangling with the Press
Government Attempts to Litigate
Events Bring Matters to a Head
Formation and Early Modus Operandi of the Committee - 1912-14
Establishing the Committee
Establishing Machinery and Procedures
Establishing a Modus Operandi Pre-War
World War I, 1914-18
The Security Context
Censorship
The Press Bureau
Early Interaction Between AWOPC, Press and Press Bureau
Settling Down to a Long War
Approaching the Steady State
Continuing Tensions
The Steady State
The Final Push
Between the World Wars - 1918-39
Security Context
Media Context
Early Work of the Committee
Middle Years Lull
Thinking About War Again
Return Towards a War Footing
World War II - Suspended Animation - 1939-45
The Press and Censorship Bureau
The Practice of Censorship
Towards Peace
Early Years of the Cold War - 1945-1967
Security Context
Media Context
Return of the Committee
Beginning of Cold War Considerations
Korean War and Imperial Disentanglement
Equipment Disagreements
Suez Crisis, and 'War Potential'
Fallout from the Blake Case, and the Kuwait Crisis
'War Potential' Again, and the Radcliffe Report
Post-Radcliffe
The 'Lohan' Affair 1967
A Squall Becomes a Storm
Another Radcliffe Inquiry
The Storm Becomes a Hurricane
Rocks All Around
Lohan in the Spotlight, and Radcliffe Bites
Clearing up the Damage
Latter Years of the Cold War, and Northern Ireland
Security, Political and Media Contexts
Revision of the Notices 1971, and Early Caswork
Impact of the IRA Campaign
Wider Concerns about the D-Notice System
The DPBC Review 1981-82
Falklands Conflict 1982
Back to Routine Business
The 'Zircon' and 'My Country Right or Wrong' Controversies
Reform of the Official Secrets Act
Business as Usual Again
Post-Cold War, 1991-97
Iraq, Terrorism, Modernisation
D-Notice Review, and Spook Mania
Books, Avowal, and the Chinook Crash
Special Forces, Former Yugoslavia, Inadequate DA- Notices
Media Discomfort, Northern Ireland, Early Website and a Books Mountain
Quo Vadit?
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Secrecy and the Media : The Official History of the United Kingdom's D-Notice System

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