TY  - BOOK
AU  - Risen,James
TI  - Pay any price: greed, power, and endless war 
SN  - 9780544341418
AV  - HV6432 .R56 2014
U1  - 973.931 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
KW  - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Abuse of administrative power
KW  - War and emergency powers
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
N1  - Includes index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -