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Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
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A groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of American democracy. Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur’an Meant, coming fall 2017. 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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| Weight | 0.22 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.58 × 12.96 × 19.56 cm |
| PubliCanadanadation City/Country | USA |
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| Pages | 288 |
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| Year Published | 2011-1-25 |
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| ISBN 10 | 0143118684 |
| About The Author | Garry Wills is a historian and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, Why I Am a Catholic, and Why Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. |
"Persuasive…elegantly argued." -Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book Review "A powerful-and sobering-account of the step-by-step creation of government structures, unaccountable to Congress or the people, to conduct 'permanent war in peace.''" -The Boston Globe "Bomb Power is pungent, confident, fluid, steeped in learning." -Vanity Fair "Written in Wills' characteristically accessible style, Bomb Power is a well-argued denunciation of our constitutional gatekeepers that is as sad and fascinating as an account of the decline of the Roman republic. … [Wills's] credentials as a historian are impeccable. His breadth of knowledge is awe inspiring, but he never goes over the reader's head: He is a scholar with the heart of a journalist." -The Miami Herald "Deeply thought-provoking… A prolific author of astonishing range, Wills…offers a forceful indictment of the 43rd president, and even more of his vice president, Dick Cheney." -The San Francisco Chronicle "Thought-provoking…compelling." -The Los Angeles Times "As usual with Wills, provocatively argued and elegantly written." -Kirkus |
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