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Author Arkin, William M., author.

Title American coup : how a terrified government is destroying the constitution / William M. Arkin.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.03 A48    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vii, 357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-345) and index.
Contents Between the lines -- High water or hell -- Critical conditions -- Posse Comitatus -- The garden plot -- All hell breaks down -- Enough to make you sick -- Pathways -- In extremis -- The program -- First family -- Executive agents -- Pull to push -- Dual command -- Marching orders -- Conclusion: martial life.
Summary A military expert describes how a secret group of powerful and unelected men of the national security establishment keep the nation safe from terrorism through the steady erosion and undermining of everyday freedoms protected by the Constitution.
Subject National security -- United States.
Constitutional law -- United States.
War and emergency powers -- United States.
Security sector -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN 0316251240
9780316251242
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