Tortured Logic: A Verbatim Critique of the George W. Bush Presidency - Couverture rigide

Russomanno, Joseph

 
9781597975131: Tortured Logic: A Verbatim Critique of the George W. Bush Presidency
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1597975133 ISBN 13 : 9781597975131
Editeur : Potomac Books Inc, 2011

Synopsis

It is hard to imagine a more Orwellian presidency than George W. Bush's, according to Joseph Russomanno, who demonstrates how a form of Newspeak became thoroughly entrenched in the historical record. Bush and his team, especially Vice President Dick Cheney, neither respected the Constitution nor the separation of powers. Instead, the Bush administration deliberately and explicitly violated the law in ways that will continue to be felt for generations. Tortured Logic shows us, in the words of the participants themselves, how this egregious abuse of power came about. Presenting quotations by Bush, Cheney, and others--including our leading journalists--in a narrative sequence in the book's first half, Russomanno allows the story of Bush's imperial presidency to unfold . In the second half, he focuses on the war presidency, including the way the Iraq War was sold to the American people and the methods used to "legalize" torture, or at least to protect its proponents from prosecution. By having the principal actors speak for themselves, Tortured Logic provides a unique critique of the Bush administration.

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À propos de l?auteur

Joseph Russomanno an associate professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He is the author of Speaking Our Minds: Conversations with the People Behind Landmark Amendment Cases (2002), coauthor of The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication (2007), and editor of Defending the First: Commentary on First Amendment Issues and Cases (2005). He lives in Chandler, Arizona.

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Éditeur
Potomac Books Inc
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1597975133
ISBN 13 
9781597975131
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
353
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Personne responsable
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