Title:
The dark side : the inside story of how the War on Terror turned into a war on American ideals / Jane Mayer.
Author:
Mayer, Jane.
Publication Information:
New York : Anchor Books, 2009.
Call Number:
HV6432 .M383 2009
Abstract:
Examines how the U.S. made self-destructive decisions in pursuit of terrorism in the wake of 9/11 and reveals how these actions violated the Constitution, hampered efforts to bring down Al Qaeda, and damaged the nation's moral and political standing in the world.
Edition:
1st Anchor books ed.
ISBN:
9780307456298
Physical Description:
412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
General Note:
"With a new afterword."--Cover.
Contents:
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 -- Afterword -- Afterword to the Anchor Edition -- Cast of key characters.
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