Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
by WILLS, Garry
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- Near Fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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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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- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316644
- Title
- Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
- Author
- WILLS, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Easton
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Date Published
- 2010
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