{"product_id":"bomb-power-the-modern-presidency-and-the-national-security-state-9780143118688","title":"Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of American democracy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Qur'an Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, coming fall 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBomb Power\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Garry Wills presents a blistering critique of excessive executive power and official secrecy, drawing a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the usurpations of George W. Bush. He reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots-by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state-leaving us in a state of continuous war alert for nearly seven decades. Bold and incisive, \u003ci\u003eBomb Power\u003c\/i\u003e casts the history of the postwar period in a new light and sounds an alarm about the continued threat to our Constitution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarry Wills \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePapal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Priests?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727760625938,"sku":"9780143118688","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c0fc1a9-6b28-45e3-a16a-5e335cf51b4f.jpg?v=1734921566","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bomb-power-the-modern-presidency-and-the-national-security-state-9780143118688","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}