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

2016

Format:	Book
Author:	Lofgren, Mike, author.
Title:	The deep state : the fall of the constitution and the rise of a shadow government / Mike Lofgren.
Publisher, Date:	New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Description:	310 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	Former Congressional staffer Lofgren (The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted, 2012) draws on nearly three decades of work in national security and military affairs to provide an overview of the web of power brokers extending from Wall Street to Washington, D.C., to Silicon Valley.
Subjects:	Political culture -- United States. Power (Social sciences) -- Political aspects -- United States. Bureaucracy -- United States. Business and politics -- United States. United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Introduction -- 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?
LCCN:	2015041236
ISBN:	9780525428343 0525428348
Other Number:	930462966
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Control Number:	583193
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Call Number:	320.973 Lofgren

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