Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State - Hardcover

Wills, Garry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594202400 ISBN 13: 9781594202407

Publisher: Penguin Pr, 2010

Synopsis

Assesses the role of the atomic bomb in profoundly altering the nature of American democracy, tracing the secrecy of the Manhattan Project, the ways the bomb changed the institution of the presidency and the state of war alert that has existed since its invention.

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Review:

"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

-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

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1594202400
• ISBN 13: 9781594202407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 278