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Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump Hardcover – August 24, 2021

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How policies forged after September 11 were weaponized under Trump and turned on American democracy itself

In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, the American government implemented a wave of overt policies to fight the nation’s enemies. Unseen and undetected by the public, however, another set of tools was brought to bear on the domestic front. In this riveting book, one of today’s leading experts on the US security state shows how these “subtle tools” imperiled the very foundations of democracy, from the separation of powers and transparency in government to adherence to the Constitution.

Taking readers from Ground Zero to the Capitol insurrection, Karen Greenberg describes the subtle tools that were forged under George W. Bush in the name of security: imprecise language, bureaucratic confusion, secrecy, and the bypassing of procedural and legal norms. While the power and legacy of these tools lasted into the Obama years, reliance on them increased exponentially in the Trump era, both in the fight against terrorism abroad and in battles closer to home. Greenberg discusses how the Trump administration weaponized these tools to separate families at the border, suppress Black Lives Matter protests, and attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Revealing the deeper consequences of the war on terror, Subtle Tools paints a troubling portrait of an increasingly undemocratic America where disinformation, xenophobia, and disdain for the law became the new norm, and where the subtle tools of national security threatened democracy itself.

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  1. Print length
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  2. Language
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    Princeton University Press
  4. Publication date
    August 24, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0691215839
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0691215839
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5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful,original and a good read
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Within an original and though provoking framework ,this book brilliantly maps out the connective tissue between the excesses of the Bush/Cheney reaction to 9/11---with the later destructive excesses and departure form norms of the Trump administration.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly clear and thoughtful framing of our recent history
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2021
I read this book in one sitting--Greenberg seamlessly combines big picture concepts with minute details, so it's riveting throughout. She took a subject I felt I knew intimately--the post 9/11 world and its aftermath, as I'm a woman in her 30s who grew up in NYC around 9/11-- and then added immense depth and perspective to that lived knowledge. A fantastic read for anyone who wants to know more about the moment we find ourselves in.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent examination on how obscured policy can reshape, or dismantle, democracy
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I learned a lot from this through look at how War on Terror policies open flood gates to attack the United State's democracy. The book is suitable for both readers with prior knowledge on the subject and readers that are just learning about the War on Terror or other topics.
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A great book. Anyone interested in understanding the world we live in should give this a read.
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