The National Security State

Sally Kohn: In a previous episode, we talked about different theories of the state in the United States. She said that Michael Glennon proposes this model of double government and he contrasts that against what he called the Trumanite network. This is an important historical moment to understand how all these institutions were created under Harry Truman, she says.Kohn: It's appropriate that something like the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be kind of the violent birth of this whole American empire as it were.