Pay any price
Subtitle: greed, power, and endless war
By: James Risen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780544341418
Subjects: International Security; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Ekonomiska aspekter; Political Freedom & Security; Abuse of administrative power; Iraq War (2003-2011) fast (OCoLC)fst01802311; Intelligence; Economics; War and emergency powers; War on Terrorism (2001-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01754980; Terrorismbekämpning; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Irakkriget 2003-; Maktmissbruk
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Greed : Pallets of cash ; The Emperor of the War on Terror ; The new oligarchs; title: Power : Rosetta ; Alarbus ; Too big to fail; title: Endless war : The war on decency ; The war on normalcy ; The war on truth.