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Author Wills, Garry, 1934-

Title Bomb power : the modern presidency and the national security state / by Garry Wills.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Penguin Press, 2010.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.033 WILLS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.033 W67    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  355.033 WILLS    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  355.033 W741B    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  355.033 WI    Check Shelf
Description 278 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-265) and index.
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.
Subject 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-
ISBN 9781594202407
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