Description: Bestselling author Wills presents a blistering critique of excessive executive power and official secrecy, drawing a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the usurpations of George W. Bush.
Review Quotes: "Persuasive...elegantly argued."
-Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book Review
-The Boston Globe "Bomb Power is pungent, confident, fluid, steeped in learning."
-Vanity Fair "Written in Wills' characteristically accessible style, Bomb Power is a well-argued denunciation of our constitutional gatekeepers that is as sad and fascinating as an account of the decline of the Roman republic. ... [Wills's] credentials as a historian are impeccable. His breadth of knowledge is awe inspiring, but he never goes over the reader's head: He is a scholar with the heart of a journalist."
-The Miami Herald "Deeply thought-provoking... A prolific author of astonishing range, Wills...offers a forceful indictment of the 43rd president, and even more of his vice president, Dick Cheney."
-The San Francisco Chronicle "Thought-provoking...compelling."
-The Los Angeles Times "As usual with Wills, provocatively argued and elegantly written."
-Kirkus