Delusions of power new explorations of the state, war, and economy

Author / Creator

Higgs, Robert

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Taking a close look at the dense fabric that our government weaves between war, state power, and economics, this collection of essays reveals the growing authority?and corruption?of the American st...

Taking a close look at the dense fabric that our government weaves between war, state power, and economics, this collection of essays reveals the growing authority?and corruption?of the American state. Covering topics from the Lyndon Johnson presidency to the provocatively titled article ?Military-Economic Fascism" on the military-industrial-congressional complex, it argues that the U.S. government consistently exploits national crises and then invents timely rhetoric that limits the rights and liberties of all citizens for the benefit of the few, be they political leaders or various industria

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