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Pay any price : greed, power, and endless war / James Risen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014Description: xvii, 285 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780544341418 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.931 23
LOC classification:
  • HV 6432  R595p 2014
Other classification:
  • POL036000 | POL012000
Contents:
Greed : Pallets of cash ; The Emperor of the War on Terror ; The new oligarchs -- Power : Rosetta ; Alarbus ; Too big to fail -- Endless war : The war on decency ; The war on normalcy ; The war on truth.
Summary: "War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful as its historic wartime abuses -- and until this book, it has worked very hard to cover them up. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. FDR authorized the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. Presidents Bush and Obama now must face their own reckoning. Power corrupts, but it is endless war that corrupts absolutely"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 6432 R595p 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000128131

Includes index.

Greed : Pallets of cash ; The Emperor of the War on Terror ; The new oligarchs --
Power : Rosetta ; Alarbus ; Too big to fail --
Endless war : The war on decency ; The war on normalcy ; The war on truth.

"War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful as its historic wartime abuses -- and until this book, it has worked very hard to cover them up. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. FDR authorized the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. Presidents Bush and Obama now must face their own reckoning. Power corrupts, but it is endless war that corrupts absolutely"-- Provided by publisher.

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