The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top Secret America, award-winning reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin uncover the enormous size, shape, mission, and consequences of this invisible universe of over 1,300 government facilities in every state in America; nearly 2,000 outside companies used as contractors; and more than 850,000 people granted "Top Secret" security clearance. A landmark exposé of a new, secret "Fourth Branch" of American government, Top Secret America is a tour de force of investigative reporting-and a book sure to spark national and international alarm.

Top Secret America

Politics & Social Sciences

Priest, Dana

Arkin, William M.

Politics & Government

Back Bay Books

Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State

Reference

Little. Brown and Company

A stunning exploration of the subtle erosion of freedom in an age of concocted fear and de facto military authority. When we think of a military coup, the first image that comes to mind is a general, standing at a podium with a flag behind him, declaring the deposing of elected leaders and the institution of martial law. Think again. In American Coup, William Arkin reveals the desk-bound takeover of the highest reaches of government by a coterie of "grey men" of the national security establishment. Operating between the lines of the Constitution, this powerful and unelected group fights to save the nation from "terror" and weapons of mass destruction while at the same time modifying and undermining the very essence of the country. Many books are written about secrecy, surveillance, and government law-breaking; none so powerfully expose the truth of everyday life in this state of war.

American Coup: How a Terrified Government Is Destroying the Constitution

History

Military

Unmanned is an in-depth examination of why seemingly successful wars never seem to end. The problem centers on drones, now accumulated in the thousands, the front end of a spying and killing machine that is disconnected from either security or safety. Drones, however, are only part of the problem. William Arkin shows that security is actually undermined by an impulse to gather as much data as possible, the appetite and the theory both skewed towards the notion that no amount is too much. And yet the very endeavor of putting fewer human in potential danger places everyone in greater danger. Wars officially end, but the Data Machine lives on forever. Throughout his career, Arkin has exposed powerful secrets of so-called national security and intelligence. Now he continues that tradition. The most alarming book about warfare in years, Unmanned is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of mankind.

Unmanned: Drones, Data, and the Illusion of Perfect Warfare

Book by Thomas B. Cochran, William M. Arkin, Milton M. Hoenig

Nuclear Weapons Databook: Volume I - U.S. Nuclear Forces and Capabilities

Engineering & Transportation

Cochran, Thomas B.

Hoenig, Milton M.

Engineering

Ballinger Publishing Company

Examines U.S. military strategy concerning nuclear war, the world's nuclear arsenals, the arms race, nuclear war scenarios, and the nuclear-free zone movement

The Nuclear Battlefields: Global Links in the Arms Race

Fieldhouse, Richard W

Ballinger Pub. Co.

Nuclear battlefields: Global links in the arms race

Soviet Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Weapons Databook)

Norris, Robert S.

Sands, Jeffrey

Nuclear Weapons Databook: U.S. Nuclear Warhead Production

Hoenig, Milton

U.S. Nuclear Warhead Facility Profiles (Nuclear Weapons Databook)

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