{"product_id":"power-wars-the-relentless-rise-of-presidential-authority-and-secrecy-9780316286596","title":"Power Wars: The Relentless Rise of Presidential Authority and Secrecy","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barack Obama campaigned on changing George W. Bush's global war on terror but ended up entrenching extraordinary executive powers, from warrantless surveillance and indefinite detention to military commissions and targeted killings. Then Obama found himself bequeathing those authorities to Donald Trump. How did the United States get here? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePower Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlie Savage reveals high-level national security legal and policy deliberations in a way no one has done before. He tells inside stories of how Obama came to order the drone killing of an American citizen, preside over an unprecendented crackdown on leaks, and keep a then-secret program that logged every American's phone calls. Encompassing the first comprehensive history of NSA surveillance over the past forty years as well as new information about the Osama bin Laden raid, \u003ci\u003ePower Wars\u003c\/i\u003e equips readers to understand the legacy of Bush's and Obama's post-9\/11 presidencies in the Trump era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4023086\"\u003eCharlie Savage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 2.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316286596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316286591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL040010\"\u003eAmerican Government | Executive Branch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL036000\"\u003eIntelligence \u0026amp; Espionage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL012000\"\u003eSecurity (National \u0026amp; International)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning journalist \u003cb\u003eCharlie Savage\u003c\/b\u003e is a Washington correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and has been covering post-9\/11 legal policy issues since 2003. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, he graduated from Harvard College and holds a master's degree from Yale Law School. His first book, \u003ci\u003eTakeover\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestselling and award-winning account of the Bush-Cheney administration's efforts to expand presidential power, was named one of the best works of 2007 by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42665944613101,"sku":"9780316286596","price":38.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bb1cf830-caa5-4a5c-ad12-32fee4c77255.jpg?v=1649427843","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/power-wars-the-relentless-rise-of-presidential-authority-and-secrecy-9780316286596","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}