Bomb power : the modern presidency and the national security state / Garry Wills.
By: Wills, Garry.
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BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2010Description: 278 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781594202407 (trade); 1594202400.Subject(s): National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century | National security -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Atomic bomb -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Executive power -- United States -- History | Secrecy -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | United States -- Military policy | United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- | National security -- United States -- History | Atomic bomb -- Political aspects -- History | Presidents -- United States -- History | Executive power -- United States -- History | Secrecy -- Political aspects -- History | Military policy -- United States | United States -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 355/.033/073 Library Journal, December 2009
Kirkus Review, November 2009
Examines how the atomic bomb has redefined the role of American government, increased the power of the presidency, and led to constitutional abuses.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-265) and index.
Introduction: War in peace -- The making of bomb power -- Fatal miracle -- Atomic politics -- The care and keeping of the bomb -- The national security state -- Beginnings (1945-1946) -- Annus mirabilis (1947) -- Completing the apparatus -- Presidential wars -- Korea -- Permanent emergency -- Information power -- Secrecy as embarrassment cover -- Secrecy as Congress deceiver -- Secrecy as policy distorter -- Secrecy as crime concealer -- Executive usurpations -- "War power" -- Challenging secrecy -- Unitary executive -- American monarch.
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