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The Dark Side
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals | Jane Mayer
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One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year National Bestseller With a New Afterword National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A Best Book of the Year: Salon, Slate, The Economist, The Washington Post, Cleveland Plain-Dealer The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the worlddecisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In spellbinding detail, Jane Mayer relates the impact of these decisions by which key players, namely Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, exploited September 11 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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A #bookstack of some rather heavy nonfiction #ReadOutsideTheLines

Susanita 😱 8y
OrangeMooseReads Very heavy 8y
RealBooks4ever Wow! My brain hurts just looking at the titles! 😆 8y
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alanacristin Oh this made my stomach drop 😣 maybe share the highlights with us? Don't think I'm traveling down these roads soon. 8y
tracyrowanreads Much of my reading has become serious, even dark, since the election. 8y
Cortg Good for you! That would be tough but, good. I don't think I could do it. 8y
saresmoore Ugh. I am impressed by your resolve. This really is a lot! 8y
AmyG The David Cay book blew my mind. Trump is one shady con-man. 8y
Suet624 I'm not sure I could do that. Good luck and God speed. 😁 8y
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