The dark side : the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals

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. This is a dramatic account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. Whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself.--From publisher description.

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ISBN: 0385526393
ISBN: 9780385526395
Physical Description: print
regular print
application/pdf
392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-369) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Panic -- Blame -- The warning -- Men of zeal -- Detainee 001 -- Outsourcing torture -- Inside the black sites -- The experiment -- The memo -- A deadly interrogation -- Blowback -- Cover-up.
Awards Note:	National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2008. New York Times 10 Best Books of the year, 2008

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