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The Dark Side

The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals

The Dark Side( )
Author: Mayer, Jane
Read by: McGonagle, Richard
ISBN:978-0-7393-7592-1
Publication Date:Jul 2008
Publisher:Random House Audio Publishing Group
Imprint:RH Audio
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $34.95
Book Description:

In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history. The Dark Sideis a riveting narrative account of...
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Book Details
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / General
Political Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.05 x 5.93 x 1.58 Inches
Book Weight:0.862 Pounds
Author Biography
Mayer, Jane (Author)
Jane Mayer is a staff writer for The New Yorker. She has received the John Chancellor Award, the George Polk Award, the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, and the I. F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for her reporting at The New Yorker. She has written several nonfiction books including Landslide: The Unmaking of the President 1984-1988 written with Doyle McManus, Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas written with Jill Abramson, and Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Goldsmith Book Prize, the Edward Weintal Prize, the Ridenhour Prize, the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.

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