How America Lost Its Secrets Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft

A powerful exposé that calls into question Edward Snowden's hero status and uncovers how vulenerable our national security systems have become.

Edward Snowden. Hero, traitor, whistleblower, or spy? In the wake of his 2013 NSA leak, public opinion has been divided over the former IT analyst. In How America Lost Its Secrets, Edward Jay Epstein draws on his extensive journalistic experience and investigative acumen to investigate the Snowden scandal--why, and how, it happened, and what the implications will be. This is a crucial book for anyone hoping to understand national security in the digital age, and what Snowden's revelations mean for America (and Putin's Russia).

EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN is an investigative journalist and a former political science professor at UCLA. He is the author of many books, including Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, The Hollywood Economist 2.0: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies, and Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer, and has written for publications including The New York Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker.