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The Resource The deep state : the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government, Mike Lofgren

The deep state : the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government, Mike Lofgren

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The deep state : the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government
Title
The deep state
Title remainder
the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government
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Mike Lofgren
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Language
eng
Summary
"An acerbic, no holds barred indictment of business as usual in Washington, DC--where our elected leaders provide a fig leaf for those who really hold the levers of power--by a 28-year veteran of the Hill, the bestselling author of The Party Is Over Have you ever noticed that behind all the mud-slinging and invective there isn't much difference between the parties? For all of his big talk and promises of change, Obama is basically Bush lite. And Hillary--or Jeb--will be more of the same. We spend ten times more on the political circus leading up to elections than any other country, but what are we getting for all of that money? The truth, as Mike Lofgren reveals in this devastating takedown of beltway business, is that our elected leaders provide a fig leaf for those who really hold the levers of power, the unelected functionaries of our ever-growing bureaucracies who decide America's defense, intelligence, and foreign policy and the corporate titans who control them. If it sounds like House of Cards it's because there is more truth to that than you might care to believe. Mike Lofgren draws on his three decades on the Hill to take you behind the scenes and map out where ower is really held in Washington, in the bowels of what he calls "the deep state.""--
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Lofgren, Mike
Dewey number
320.973
Index
index present
LC call number
JK1726
LC item number
.L59 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Political culture
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • Bureaucracy
  • Business and politics
  • United States
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
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The deep state : the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government, Mike Lofgren
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-296) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Beltwayland -- What is the Deep State? -- Bad ideas have consequences -- Do elections matter? -- Does our defense actually defend America? -- Economic warfare: big banks and the National Security State -- The commanding heights -- The Deep State, the law, and the constitution -- Silicon Valley and the American panopticon -- Personnel is policy -- Austerity for thee but not for me -- A stopped clock is right twice a day -- Signs of change? -- America confronts the world -- Is there an alternative?
Control code
1643403
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9780525428343
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015041236
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1643403
  • (OCoLC)930462966
Label
The deep state : the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government, Mike Lofgren
Link
9780525428343.jpg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-296) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Beltwayland -- What is the Deep State? -- Bad ideas have consequences -- Do elections matter? -- Does our defense actually defend America? -- Economic warfare: big banks and the National Security State -- The commanding heights -- The Deep State, the law, and the constitution -- Silicon Valley and the American panopticon -- Personnel is policy -- Austerity for thee but not for me -- A stopped clock is right twice a day -- Signs of change? -- America confronts the world -- Is there an alternative?
Control code
1643403
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9780525428343
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015041236
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1643403
  • (OCoLC)930462966

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