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Bomb Power: Nowoczesna prezydencja i państwo bezpieczeństwa narodowego, Wills, Garry,

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Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State, Wills, Garry,
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Bardzo dobry: Książka była czytana i nie wygląda jak nowa, ale jest nadal w doskonałym stanie. ...
ISBN
9781594202407
Book Title
Bomb Power : the Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Item Length
9.3in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
2010
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Garry Wills
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Public Policy / Military Policy, United States / 20th Century, History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, Security (National & International), American Government / Executive Branch
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills, a groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of American democracy and has left us in a state of war alert ever since. In Bomb Power , Garry Wills 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-in ways still felt today. A masterful reckoning from one of America's preeminent historians, Bomb Power draws a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the usurpations of George W. Bush. The invention of the atomic bomb was a triumph of official secrecy and military discipline-the project was covertly funded at the behest of the president and, despite its massive scale, never discovered by Congress or the press. This concealment was perhaps to be expected in wartime, but Wills persuasively argues that the Manhattan Project then became a model for the covert operations and overt authority that have defined American government in the nuclear era. The wartime emergency put in place during World War II extended into the Cold War and finally the war on terror, leaving us in a state of continuous war alert for sixty-eight years and counting. The bomb forever changed the institution of the presidency since only the president controls "the button" and, by extension, the fate of the world. Wills underscores how radical a break this was from the division of powers established by our founding fathers and how it in turn has enfeebled Congress and the courts. The bomb also placed new emphasis on the president's military role, creating a cult around the commander in chief. The tendency of modern presidents to flaunt military airs, Wills points out, is entirely a postbomb phenomenon. Finally, the Manhattan Project inspired the vast secretive apparatus of the national security state, including intelligence agencies such as the CIA and NSA, which remain largely unaccountable to Congress and the American people. Wills recounts how, following World War II, presidential power increased decade by decade until reaching its stunning apogee with the Bush administration. Both provocative and illuminating, 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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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594202400
ISBN-13
9781594202407
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77491060

Product Key Features

Book Title
Bomb Power : the Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Author
Garry Wills
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Public Policy / Military Policy, United States / 20th Century, History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, Security (National & International), American Government / Executive Branch
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ua23.W4596 2010
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
"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, "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 Poweris pungent, confident, fluid, steeped in learning." -Vanity Fair "Written in Wills' characteristically accessible style, Bomb Poweris 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, "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, "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
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2009-030182
Dewey Decimal
355/.033073
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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