Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War

Risen, James

ISBN 10: 0544341414 / ISBN 13: 9780544341418

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (edition First Edition), 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0544341414
• ISBN 13: 9780544341418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

JAMES RISEN is a senior national security correspondent for The Intercept. Previously, during two decades as a New York Times reporter, Risen won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his stories about the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program, and he was a member of the reporting team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for coverage of the September 11 attacks and terrorism. Among his best-selling books are State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration and Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War.