Permanent Record
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In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with... more
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John Sargent CEO/Macmillan Publishers USAEdward Snowden decided at the age of 29 to give up his entire future for the good of his country. He displayed enormous courage in doing so, and like him or not, his is an incredible American story. There is no doubt that the world is a better and more private place for his actions. Macmillan is enormously proud to publish Permanent Record. (Source)
Kara Swisher Btw @Snowden new book “Permanent Record” is quite good and surprisingly a love letter to the Internet as it was. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Permanent Record is ranked in the following categories:
- #56 in Autobiography
- #66 in Biography
- #10 in Cryptography
- #6 in Democracy
- #42 in Documentaries
- #37 in Factual
- #37 in Humanity
- #10 in Intelligence
- #13 in Internet
- #14 in Philosophy History
- #47 in Politics
- #19 in Security
- #24 in Tech
- #16 in Technology
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