{"product_id":"the-dark-side-the-inside-story-of-how-the-war-on-terror-turned-into-a-war-on-american-ideals-paperback","title":"The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Mayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In spellbinding detail, Jane Mayer relates the impact of these decisions by which key players, namely Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, exploited September 11 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. With a new afterward. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain-Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Mayer is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of three bestselling and critically acclaimed narrative nonfiction books. She co-authored \u003ci\u003eLandslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988, \u003c\/i\u003e with Doyle McManus, and \u003ci\u003eStrange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, \u003c\/i\u003ewith Jill Abramson, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her book \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, \u003c\/i\u003efor which she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, was named one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 10 Books of the Year and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Goldsmith Book Prize, the Edward Weintal Prize, the Ridenhour Prize, the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. It was also a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. For her reporting at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eMayer has been awarded the John Chancellor Award, the George Polk Award, the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, and the I. F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence presented by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. Mayer lives in Washington, D.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.96 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754174939424,"sku":"9780307456298","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d15cffae4c8a06509017f473e2b61202.webp?v=1780035028","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dark-side-the-inside-story-of-how-the-war-on-terror-turned-into-a-war-on-american-ideals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}