Book, Jane Mayer, The dark side : the inside story of how the War on Terror turned into a war on American ideals, 2008

Physical description

Ill, index, bib, p.392.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President 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, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment.

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