The Dark Side

MAYER,JANE

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Author
MAYER,JANE
Publish Date
05/01/2009
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
RNDMHSE
Subtitle
The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Number of Pages
350
Edition
Illustrated
ISBN-10
0307456293
ISBN-13
9780307456298
SKU
9780307456298

Description

The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world—decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In spellbinding detail, Jane Mayer relates the impact of these decisions by which key players, namely Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, exploited September 11 to further a long held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment. With a new afterward.

One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

National Bestseller

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

A Best Book of the Year: Salon, Slate, The Economist, The Washington Post, Cleveland Plain-Dealer