Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War

Title: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War
Author: James Risen
ISBN: 9780544341418
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 285
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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.