Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xii, 238 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-227) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: It's (still) a free country -- The "post 9/11 worldview" of Karl Rove -- Lawlessness and order -- State secrets and unofficial propaganda --The corporate state of grace -- The revenge of Nixon's heirs. |
Summary |
For the first time since the Nixon era, Americans have reason to doubt the future--or even the presence--of democracy. We live in a society where government conspires with big business and big evangelism; where ideologues and religious zealots attack logic and the scientific method; and where the ruling party encourages xenophobic nationalism based on irrational, manufactured fear. The party in power seems to seek a perpetual state of war to hold on to power, and they are willing to lie, cheat, and steal to achieve their ends. The question must be asked: Are we headed toward the end of American democracy? In this impassioned, yet fact-based look at the state of the nation, Conason shows how and why America has been wrenched away from its founding principles and is being dragged toward authoritarianism.--From publisher description. |
Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Authoritarianism -- United States.
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Democracy -- United States.
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views.
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Conservatism -- United States.
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Big business -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Right-wing extremists -- United States.
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ISBN |
9780312356057 |
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0312356056 |
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