Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State

di Garry Wills (Autore)

Penguin Putnam Inc, 2011

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.

• Autore: Garry Wills
• Editore: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 196 x 130 mm
• Peso: 215 gr.
• EAN: 9780143118688

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