Pay Any Price by James Risen
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.
James Risen is a New York Times investigative writer and the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller State of War. He earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for his reporting on the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping. He was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780544570351 |
| ISBN 10 | 0544570359 |
| Title | Pay Any Price |
| Author | James Risen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year published | 2015-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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