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Title: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War
Author: James Risen
ISBN: 9780544570351
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher Description: <p><b>A New York Times Notable Book: A look at the hidden costs of America's war on terror from “the finest national security reporter of this generation” (<i>Newsweek</i>).</b><br/><br/>Since 9/11, the United States has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In <i>Pay Any Price</i>, Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: billions of dollars that went missing from Iraq only to turn up in a bunker in Lebanon; whistleblowers abused, including a staffer on the House Intelligence Committee persecuted by the FBI for expressing her concerns about the NSA spying on US citizens; and an entire professional organization, the American Psychological Association, forced to investigate its own involvement with the government's use of torture.<br/> <br/>In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has perpetrated acts that rival the shameful historic wartime abuses of generations past, and it has worked very hard to cover them up. This “important and powerful book” brings them into the light (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>).<br/><br/>“A wide-ranging look at consequences of the so-called war on terror [that] includes stories of shocking thievery during the U.S. occupation of Iraq.” --<i>U.S. News & World Report</i></p>
Author: James Risen
ISBN: 9780544570351
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher Description: <p><b>A New York Times Notable Book: A look at the hidden costs of America's war on terror from “the finest national security reporter of this generation” (<i>Newsweek</i>).</b><br/><br/>Since 9/11, the United States has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In <i>Pay Any Price</i>, Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: billions of dollars that went missing from Iraq only to turn up in a bunker in Lebanon; whistleblowers abused, including a staffer on the House Intelligence Committee persecuted by the FBI for expressing her concerns about the NSA spying on US citizens; and an entire professional organization, the American Psychological Association, forced to investigate its own involvement with the government's use of torture.<br/> <br/>In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has perpetrated acts that rival the shameful historic wartime abuses of generations past, and it has worked very hard to cover them up. This “important and powerful book” brings them into the light (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>).<br/><br/>“A wide-ranging look at consequences of the so-called war on terror [that] includes stories of shocking thievery during the U.S. occupation of Iraq.” --<i>U.S. News & World Report</i></p>
