Bomb power, the modern presidency and the national security state, Garry Wills
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Bomb power, the modern presidency and the national security state, Garry Wills
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-265) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Bomb power
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
428731352
Responsibility statement
Garry Wills
Sub title
the modern presidency and the national security state
Table Of Contents
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 disabler ; Secrecy as crime concealer -- Executive usurpations. "War powers" ; Challenging secrecy ; The unitary executive ; American monarch
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Bomb power
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- National security -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Executive power -- United States -- History
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Military policy
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Atomic bomb + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Secrecy + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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- National security -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Executive power -- United States -- History
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Military policy
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Atomic bomb + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Secrecy + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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