The dark side the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals
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, secret...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY u.a.
Doubleday
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
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War on Terrorism, 2001-
> September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
> Influence
> Military interrogation
> United States
> War and emergency powers
> War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
> Politics and government
> History
> USA
> Internationaler Terrorismus
> Bekämpfung
> Militärische Intervention
> Elfter September
> Freiheitsrecht
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 392 S., [8] S. Ill. 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0385526393 0-385-52639-3 9780385526395 978-0-385-52639-5 |