The secrets of the kingdom
Subtitle: religion and concealment in the Bush administration
By: Hugh B. Urban
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780742552463; 9780742552470
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Religion; Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Influence; Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index
Table of contents: title: Preface : an obsession with secrecy; title: Introduction : the kingdom of secrets : religion, secrecy, and the politics of empire; title: Prodigal son, American Moses : the faith-based presidency of George W. Bush; title: No need for explanation : generalized secrecy and unanswerable lies; title: New American century, new American empire : religion, secrecy, and the; title: Neoconservatives; title: Machiavelli meets the religious right : Michael Ledeen and the politics of mass; title: Manipulation; title: Never say lie : the corporate media and the projection of the Bush image; title: America left behind : millenarian dreams and the sorrows of empire; title: Conclusion : rescuing openness and "moral values" for a post-Bushist democracy; title: Addendum; title: Select bibliography; title: Index; title: About the author