The secrets of the kingdom : religion and concealment in the Bush administration / Hugh B. Urban.

Author/creator Urban, Hugh B.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007.
Descriptionxiv, 229 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Religion.
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Influence.
Religion and politics--United States. --History. --21st century.
United States--Politics and government. --2001-2009.

Contents Preface : an obsession with secrecy -- Introduction : the kingdom of secrets : religion, secrecy, and the politics of empire -- Prodigal son, American Moses : the faith-based presidency of George W. Bush -- No need for explanation : generalized secrecy and unanswerable lies -- New American century, new American empire : religion, secrecy, and the -- Neoconservatives -- Machiavelli meets the religious right : Michael Ledeen and the politics of mass -- Manipulation -- Never say lie : the corporate media and the projection of the Bush image -- America left behind : millenarian dreams and the sorrows of empire -- Conclusion : rescuing openness and "moral values" for a post-Bushist democracy -- Addendum -- Select bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
LCCN 2006101200
ISBN9780742552463 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742552462 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742552470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0742552470 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E902.U73 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold