 When President Robert L. Booth started the Third World War in 2070 "(see Atomic Wars)", the Judges – until then no more than a police force with extraordinary powers – deposed Booth, overthrew the Constitution and seized control of all institutions of government.Disillusioned with the elected politicians who had caused so much destruction to their country, much of the American public supported this move at the time.For the next four decades America was a dictatorship.