A sensational exploration of the subtle erosion of freedom in an age of concocted fear and de facto military authority.

When we think about a armed service coup, the initial image that involves mind is a general, position at a podium having a flag behind him, declaring the deposing of elected market leaders and the institution of martial law.

Think again.

In AMERICAN COUP, William Arkin reveals the desk-bound takeover of the best reaches of government with a coterie of ‘greyish men’ of the national security establishment. Operating between your lines from the Constitution this effective and unelected group fights to save the country from ‘terror’ and weapons of mass damage while at the same time changing and undermining the essence of the united states. Many books are written about secrecy, monitoring, and federal government law-breaking; none so powerfully expose the truth of everyday lifestyle in this state of war.