Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State

Title: Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Author: Garry Wills
Political Science: 1705113
ISBN: 9780143118688
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 288
Section: Political Science | American Government | Executive Branch
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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.