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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 973.931 EAN: 9780739375921 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 073937592X Label: Random House Audio Manufacturer: Random House Audio Number Of Items: 13 Publication Date: July 15, 2008 Publisher: Random House Audio Release Date: July 15, 2008 Studio: Random House Audio Editorial Review: Product Description: In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The 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. The Dark Side is a riveting narrative account of how the U.S. made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists–decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In gripping detail, acclaimed New Yorker writer and bestselling author Jane Mayer relates specific cases, shown in real time against the larger tableau of Washington, looking at the intelligence gained–or not–and the price paid. In all cases, whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country’s place in the world, and its sense of itself. The Dark Side chronicles one of the mostdisturbing chapters in American history, one that will serve as the lasting legacy of the George W. Bush presidency. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Best Book on Bush MisdeedsOf many books I have read on the misdeeds and mistakes of the Bush Administration in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terror generally, this is the best. Its impact sinks in page after page, horrific detail after horrific detail. Rating: - Groupthinkers for tortureJane Mayer has written a well-documented analysis of how the White House succumbed to the sociology of groupthink and pretty much froze out those who disagreed with or questioned the wisdom of allowing torture under any name. There are a lot of books about the machinations of the White House available, but I think this one is the best. Rating:  - The Dark SideWhile this book does not mince words, about the horrific tactics that our government has done, I found it informative but tedious. The public must be informed but the main objective I think is to "vote the rascals out!" Rating: - FRIGHTENING AND EMBARRASSING IN EQUAL MEASURE(From a conversation with the author on a local radio call-in program) Somehow, i endured to the end of this frightening book. It frightened me in ways i didn't know i could be frightened. I found your vignettes well-supported and the story they tell, coherent and overwhelming. They are even more overwhelming when read as a whole than as a series of episodes. By the time I got to the bottom of page 274, and read that Ramzi Kassem, whom you describe as having taught at Yale ... Read More Rating: - The most essential book written in the past 10 years.If you truly love your country, you must read this book. I have to be honest, because I love my country, because the ideals of this nation are so important, because due process and the rule of law are what separate us from our enemies, I felt incredible sadness, even shame as an American, reading this book. Still, it must be read, and it should be read by everyone planning to vote in November. Quite simply, Bush, Cheney, Addington, Yoo and others betrayed this nation and, I believe, should be ... Read More |
