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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by: Jane Mayer  List Price: $27.50 Your Price: $18.15 You Save: $9.35 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 973.931 EAN: 9780385526395 ISBN: 0385526393 Label: Doubleday Manufacturer: Doubleday Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: July 15, 2008 Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: July 15, 2008 Studio: Doubleday Sales Rank: 159 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the "War on Terror" In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical 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, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment. THE DARK SIDE is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world-- decisions that not only violated the Constitution to which White House officials took an oath to uphold, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In gripping detail, acclaimed New Yorker writer and bestselling author, Jane Mayer, relates the impact of these decisions—U.S.-held prisoners, some of them completely innocent, were subjected to treatment more reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition than the twenty-first century. THE DARK SIDE will chronicle real, specific cases, shown in real time against the larger tableau of what was happening in Washington, looking at the intelligence gained—or not—and the price paid. In some instances, torture worked. In many more, it led to false information, sometimes with devastating results. For instance, there is the stunning admission of one of the detainees, Sheikh Ibn al-Libi, that the confession he gave under duress—which provided a key piece of evidence buttressing congressional support of going to war against Iraq--was in fact fabricated, to make the torture stop. In all cases, whatever the short term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, and our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself. THE DARK SIDE chronicles one of the most disturbing chapters in American history, one that will serve as the lasting legacy of the George W. Bush presidency. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - a rule of men, not lawsI'm the author of Prepared for Rage: A Novel, about an Islamic terrorist who tries to blow up the space shuttle. There are interrogation scenes at Guantanamo, and I was so dreading the research for them. I really didn't want to have to learn about waterboarding. A funny thing happened on the way to researching the Gitmo scenes. Every source I found, either on line or in the library, said the same thing: Torture doesn't produce good intel. The person being tortured will say anything ... Read More Rating: - The Dark SideFrightening. Did I say frightening? I had read most of what Ms. Mayer writes in her book by reading The Emerald City, The Assassin's Gate, and all of the others. But they were either diaries, or for short periods of time, or focused on just one aspect of this C-4. Ms. Mayer took the long view and tied many of the strings together. It's easier to see now that the war was rigged by the Administration. That they purposefully, yes, purposefully mislead the nation and the Congress, for the ... Read More Rating: - "The Dark Side"Bought it as a gift. Arrived in a timely fashion and in great condition. Thank you. Rating:  - Torture: True or FalseThere is no question the Bush-Cheney group are responsible for the implementation of torture as defined under the Geneva Conventions. When the order from Gitmo arrived in Iraq, un-trained and even more so, un-accountable contractors used the techniques used and authorized by Rumsfelt to inflict not only pain and suffering on innocent people, but moreover, a lifetime of "payback" mentality towards US forces in Iraq. That said, some of these innocent people who were detained and perhaps tortured ... Read More Rating: - A Lady Asked Dr. Franklin, "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?""A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it." Quoted in the Afterword from the papers of Dr. James McHenry at the time of the 1787 federal convention in Philadelphia. `The Dark Side' by Jane Mayer tells one of the most profoundly disturbing stories that I have ever read. Mayer details how the Bush Administration led America to what VP Dick Cheney called `the dark side' in order to fight terrorism. A small coterie of officials at the highest level of the administration ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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