Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
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From Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Garry Wills comes this groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of American democracy and why we have been in a state of war alert ever since. Publishers Weekly Wills's stimulating study makes the case that since the emergence of the nuclear bomb, the U.S. has shifted toward an executive-dominated government, a move fully developed and rationalized during the cold war as a necessary expedient in decision making. Stephen Hoye keeps the material from getting bogged down and technical with his deep and genial voice and clear emphasis and rhythmic delivery. The occasionally dense prose and sophisticated arguments are surprisingly easy to follow given the inflective cues. However, Hoye's quoting voice lacks a distinguishing shift and can catch listeners by surprise. A Penguin Press hardcover (Reviews, Dec. 21). (Feb.)
Introduction War in Peace 1I The Making of Bomb Power1 Fatal Miracle 72 Atomic Politics 243 The Care and Keeping of the Bomb 41II The National Security State4 Beginnings (1945-1946) 575 Annus Mirabilis (1947) 706 Completing the Apparatus (1948-1952) 86III Presidential Wars7 Korea 1058 Permanent Emergency 120IV Information Power9 Secrecy as Embarrassment Cover 13710 Secrecy as Congress Deceiver 14811 Secrecy as Policy Disabler 16112 Secrecy as Crime Concealer 175V Executive Usurpations13 "War Powers" 18714 Challenging Secrecy 19715 The Unitary Executive 20916 American Monarch 222Afterword 237Notes 243Index 267
