{"product_id":"power-wars-the-relentless-rise-of-presidential-authority-and-secrecy-paperback","title":"Power Wars: The Relentless Rise of Presidential Authority and Secrecy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Savage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.4 x 9.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45334021570662,"sku":"9780316286596","price":44.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QUxrdHNhMzJQY1Q1eW9KNlZaOHV4dz09.webp?v=1774475210","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/power-wars-the-relentless-rise-of-presidential-authority-and-secrecy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}