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Dark side : the inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals / Jane Mayer.

by Mayer, Jane.

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New York : Doubleday, c2008.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.

Military interrogation -- United States.

War and emergency powers -- United States.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.

United States -- History -- 21st century.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008299452-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008299452-d.html

9780385526395 :

392 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Panic -- Blame -- The warning -- Men of zeal -- Detainee 001 -- Outsourcing torture -- Inside the black sites -- The experiment -- The memo -- A deadly interrogation -- Blowback -- Cover-up.

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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