Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
by Wills, Garry
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- ISBN 10
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- 9780143118688
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Synopsis
A groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of American democracy. In Bomb Power , bestselling author Garry Wills presents a blistering critique of excessive executive power and official secrecy, drawing a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the usurpations of George W. Bush. He reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots-by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state-leaving us in a state of continuous war alert for nearly seven decades. Bold and incisive, Bomb Power casts the history of the postwar period in a new light and sounds an alarm about the continued threat to our Constitution.
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- Seller
- Bonita (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0143118684.G
- Title
- Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- Author
- Wills, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0143118684
- ISBN 13
- 9780143118688
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- East Rutherford, Nj, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2011