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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154327003321

Autore

Glennon Michael J. <1947->

Titolo

National security and double government / / Michael J. Glennon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-020647-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

353.10973

Soggetti

National security - United States - Management

National security - United States - Decision making

Legislative oversight - United States

Judicial review - United States

Government accountability - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Why has U.S. national security policy scarcely changed from the Bush to the Obama administration? And why does it matter? The theory of 'double government' posed by the 19th century English scholar Walter Bagehot suggests a disquieting answer. The public is encouraged to believe that the presidency, Congress, and the courts make security policy. That belief sustains these institutions' legitimacy. Yet their authority is largely illusory. National security policy is made, instead, by a 'Trumanite network' of several hundred members that is largely concealed from public view.