A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the
"War on Terror"
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis 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.
THE DARK SIDE is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world-- decisions that not only violated the Constitution to which White House officials took an oath to uphold, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In gripping detail, acclaimed New Yorker writer and bestselling author, Jane Mayer, relates the impact of these decisions—U.S.-held prisoners, some of them completely innocent, were subjected to treatment more reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition than the twenty-first century.
THE DARK SIDE will chronicle real, specific cases, shown in real time against the larger tableau of what was happening in Washington, looking at the intelligence gained—or not—and the price paid. In some instances, torture worked. In many more, it led to false information, sometimes with devastating results. For instance, there is the stunning admission of one of the detainees, Sheikh Ibn al-Libi, that the confession he gave under duress—which provided a key piece of evidence buttressing congressional support of going to war against Iraq--was in fact fabricated, to make the torture stop.
In all cases, whatever the short term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, and our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself. THE DARK SIDE chronicles one of the most disturbing chapters in American history, one that will serve as the lasting legacy of the George W. Bush presidency.
發表於2024-12-23
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圖書標籤: 恐怖主義 非虛構 美國研究 政治學 政治 莊常飛 價值觀 Alex_Ross
廢話也是多,論述瞭美國CIA和FBI等官僚機構內訌導緻的human right violation,torture 恐怖分子什麼的……
評分偏嚮有點太過嚴重,所以想看看John Yoo是怎麼反駁的。但總體來說,非常好,非常引人入勝。看到有律師能夠abide by the law, do the right thing,讓人對the American Ideal還抱有一綫希望,但看到布什和其內閣的鬍作非為,真是覺得,哎,一聲嘆息,怎麼沒人逮捕他們呢,真沒有天理。
評分廢話也是多,論述瞭美國CIA和FBI等官僚機構內訌導緻的human right violation,torture 恐怖分子什麼的……
評分偏嚮有點太過嚴重,所以想看看John Yoo是怎麼反駁的。但總體來說,非常好,非常引人入勝。看到有律師能夠abide by the law, do the right thing,讓人對the American Ideal還抱有一綫希望,但看到布什和其內閣的鬍作非為,真是覺得,哎,一聲嘆息,怎麼沒人逮捕他們呢,真沒有天理。
評分偏嚮有點太過嚴重,所以想看看John Yoo是怎麼反駁的。但總體來說,非常好,非常引人入勝。看到有律師能夠abide by the law, do the right thing,讓人對the American Ideal還抱有一綫希望,但看到布什和其內閣的鬍作非為,真是覺得,哎,一聲嘆息,怎麼沒人逮捕他們呢,真沒有天理。
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