The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jane Mayer 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2009-05
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780307456298
• 定价 121.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 412页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

OneofTheNewYorkTimes10BestBooksoftheYearNationalBestsellerWithaNewAfterwordNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardFinalistABestBookoftheYear:Salon,Slate,TheEconomist,TheWashingtonPost,ClevelandPlain-DealerTheDarkSideisadramatic,riveting,anddefinitivenarrativeaccountofhowtheUnitedStatesmadeterribledecisionsinthepursuitofterroristsaroundtheworld—decisionsthatnotonlyviolatedtheConstitution,butalsohamperedthepursuitofAlQaeda.Inspellbindingdetail,JaneMayerrelatestheimpactofthesedecisionsbywhichkeyplayers,namelyVicePresidentDickCheneyandhispowerful,secretiveadviserDavidAddington,exploitedSeptember11tofurtheralongheldagendatoenhancepresidentialpowerstoadegreeneverknowninU.S.history,andobliterateConstitutionalprotectionsthatdefinetheveryessenceoftheAmericanexperiment.

【作者简介】

JaneMayeristheco-authoroftwobestsellingandcriticallyacclaimednarrativenonfictionbooks,Landslide:TheUnmakingofthePresident,1984-1988,andStrangeJustice:TheSellingofClarenceThomas,thelatterofwhichwasafinalistfortheNationalBookAward.MayerwasalsoawardedtheprestigiousGuggenheimFellowshipinconnectionwithTheDarkSide.SheiscurrentlyaWashington-basedstaffwriterforTheNewYorker,specializinginpoliticalandinvestigativereporting.Beforethat,shewasaseniorwriterandfront-pageeditorforTheWallStreetJournal,aswellastheJournal'sfirstfemaleWhiteHousecorrespondent.ShelivesinChevyChase,Maryland.