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The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government Hardcover – January 5, 2016

by Mike Lofgren (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Viking (January 5, 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0525428348
  • ISBN-13: 978-0525428343
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsBetter Than Expected
By R. Albin TOP 1000 REVIEWER on January 30, 2016
Format: Hardcover
I was a bit surprised by this book. It is perhaps most notable for who the author is, rather than any novelty of content. It is, however, a well written and sometimes witty polemic. The author was a long-time, and apparently widely respected, Congressional staff person. Lofgren entered public life as a staff for then Rep. John Kasich and worked for other Republicans in Congress. Apparently disillusioned by events during the Bush administration, he retired a few years ago and published a widely read essay, followed by a similar book, denouncing the Republican Party. The Democratic Party and Democratic administrations came in for quite a bit of criticism as well, though on different grounds. Lofgren takes them to task largely for abandoning their Liberal ideals. In these writings, the former Republican comes across as a thoughtful and civil version of numerous leftist critics who attack our political system for forsaking the legacy of New Deal and post-WWII Liberalism.

In this book, Lofgren tries to identify some of the structural features underlying the sorry state of our political system. The Deep State is a term from modern Turkish history used to describe the military, security apparatus, political, and business elite that ran the authoritarian Turkish state for much of the last century. Lofgren's American version of the Deep State is the nexus of powerful corporations, lobbyists, politicians, and the Defense and Security bureaucracies that dominate American political life. In common with many others, he points to the powerful effect of plutocratic interests, notably Wall Street, on American political life. He describes the Deep State as sustained by 2 major phenomena. One is the revolving door between Congress, the Executive Branch, corporations, and DC think tanks.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsImportant information - decide for yourself.
By dave ferree on February 9, 2016
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This is a book worth your time, written by a retired career Congressional staff insider. Author Mike Lofgren has unique and critical insight into the workings of both the Republican Party and the Congress. And his take on both are depressing, bordering on frightening. He takes no prisoners with harsh judgement of the GOP, the Democrats, and corporate America. According to him, the Republicans are essentially shills for big business and the Democrats are just plain hapless.
In a nutshell, the Deep State as Lofgren describes it is a combination of elected and appointed members of the legislative and executive branches; and corporate insiders, especially the military-industrial complex, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. Together, fueled by enormous amounts of money, they effectively control the country, regardless of which party is in power or the wishes of the electorate. Lofgren believes the ‘Deep State’ in its current form began with the Manhattan Project during WW II. He describes the country’s situation in detail with specific examples. He points out the main dangers the country faces due to the Deep State, and finally, he lays out specific corrections he believes the country must take to save itself.
Readers will have widely different views about Lofgren's thesis based on their perspective. I have a few observations. First, I think he's mostly right. But I wonder why he played the game for so long and only vents his concerns after retirement. He could be viewed as quite hypocritical. At times, his rhetoric is quite shrill (over the top). Also, although the 'Deep State' might be reaching new heights of control and manipulation, I do not think this is a very new phenomenon. Think about the Railroad Barons of the 19th century and many other examples.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWake Up and Wise Up
By Brian OMalley on January 9, 2016
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The Deep State by Mike Lofgren is a truly important book of contemporary history. Like a diagnosis of cancer, the subject matter of this book is something that you do not want to believe but must recognize in the face of overwhelming evidence before the difficult and dangerous task of rooting out the pathology can begin. The gift of this book can best be described as “wising up the suckers.” Please excuse the mobster terminology but we have been played so many times, in so many ways, that even those who think they are the “wise guys” are really the stooges who perform the grunt work for those who pack away the huge financial scores. The Deep State will help the scales fall from your eyes and you will see that we are no longer citizens but subjects to be financially farmed, quantified, conditioned and intimidated into adherence to a faux religion that worships money. Mike Lofgren handles the vast panorama of these volatile matters as a cool and disciplined scholar who unsparingly dissects each of the monstrosities and fallacies that underpin the Deep State. After delineating the vast sweep of these festering problems, Mike Lofgren concludes with a rational program to counter these menaces. The Deep State could be one of the most important books of this century.
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5.0 out of 5 starsRead this Book ASAP
By Chuck Spinney on February 8, 2016
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Just about everyone knows something is dangerously wrong with our nation’s political system. There is a growing awareness that the United States is drifting blindly into a state of greater inequality, stagnation, oligarchy, and perpetual war, with a ruling establishment that neither responds to the will of the people nor to the problems our nation faces. If you want evidence of this pervasive sense of unease, look no further than the 2016 presidential election, where a bombastic celebrity billionaire and a cantankerous grandfatherly democratic socialist are claiming the political system is rigged and are driving the scions of the status quo into the rubber room -- at least for now. In his most recent book, The Deep State, Mike Lofgren has written a timely exegesis of that status quo and its staying power. He has made it easier for any concerned citizen to understand the realities of the political and constitutional crises now facing the United States -- and perhaps even improve the reader’s sense for the madness that now characterizes presidential politics.

Before reading further, be advised, I am biased: the author Mike Lofgren is a long time colleague and close friend. Lofgren worked on Capitol Hill while I worked in the Pentagon, and over the years, beginning in the late 1980s, we discussed and tried to understand the many hidden connections that had evolved insensibly over time to disconnect the money siphoning operations of the Military - Industrial - Congressional Complex from the system of checks and balances designed by the Framers of the Constitution.

This book goes much further. It grew out of a stunning essay -- Anatomy of the Deep State (Feb 2014) — that Lofgren produced at the request of journalist Bill Moyers.Read more ›
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I will save you the time and money it would cost you to read this book. The author considers all Republicans evil, stupid, or corrupt, and Democrats' only failing is that they... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 starsa good introduction

The book provides some unique insights, and I was constantly interested in the implicit transformation of the GOP staffer (the author) into a rational independent. Read more

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Published 9 days ago by Marshj
3.0 out of 5 starsThe Rise of the Deep State and the fall of the American citizen's...

I liked this book better than his prior book: The party is over. So read this one instead. But for solutions to our current and foreseeable future dire problems, his proposed... Read more

Published 18 days ago by Terry Jennrich
5.0 out of 5 starsDiscouraging information, well presented

Covers a lot of territory. Frank, discouraging, well informed, well written, well documented. Helps to explain why our government works (or rather fails to work) as it does.

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This book could be a sequel and a corollary to Edward Luce’s “Time to start thinking, America in the age of descent” of 2012. Read more

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100% Hope this guy ends up serving in a Bernie Sanders Administration.

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