Pay any price : greed, power, and endless war / James Risen.
| Author/creator |
Risen, James author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. |
| Description | xvii, 285 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Greed : Pallets of cash ; The Emperor of the War on Terror ; The new oligarchs -- Power : Rosetta ; Alarbus ; Too big to fail -- Endless war : The war on decency ; The war on normalcy ; The war on truth. |
| Abstract | "War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful as its historic wartime abuses -- and until this book, it has worked very hard to cover them up. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. FDR authorized the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. Presidents Bush and Obama now must face their own reckoning."--Book jacket. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2014012010 |
| ISBN | 0544341414 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780544341418 (hardcover) |
| Standard identifier# | 40024137253 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV6432 .R56 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |