Mark Moyer and his book "Masters of Corruption" | Encounter Books
Mark Moyer and his book "Masters of Corruption" | Encounter Books
In his book "Masters of Corruption," Mark Moyar recounts how partisans broke "constitutional, legal, and ethical rules for the greater good of obstructing Trump and his political appointees."
Mark Moyar's "Masters of Corruption," released in 2024, chronicles a bureaucratic assassination during the Trump Administration. The book also reveals details on corruption within federal government agencies—the weaponization of bureaucratic procedures—and explores the government’s failure to protect employees from retaliation.
Following is an excerpt from "Masters of Corruption":
The ethical problems of governance are as old as human nature. A just government hasn’t changed since Plato described it more than two thousand years ago as one that serves the interests of the entire citizenry equally, without favoritism toward the personal interests of the governing class. Each era’s struggle, nevertheless, has peculiar characteristics. In the Trump era, toxic polarization and Trump’s persona caused partisans to rationalize the breaking of constitutional, legal, and ethical rules for the greater good of obstructing Trump and his political appointees, even if those appointees were combating corruption or engaging in other activities of indisputable public benefit. Anti-Trump crusaders in the Department of Justice, the Offices of Inspector General, and other federal agencies concealed information, slow-rolled bureaucratic processes, misused hiring authorities, weaponized the security clearance system, and tampered with investigations.
"Masters of Corruption can be found on Encounter Books' website.
Moyar, presently chair of the William P. Harris Chair in Military History at Hillsdale College, has authored six previous books on military history, diplomatic history, grand strategy, leadership, and international development. He has also written articles for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. During the Trump era, Moyar served as director of USAID's Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation.
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