02198cam a2200361 i 4500 771393470 TxAuBib 20141021120000.0 140519s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014012010 9780544341418 HRD $28.00 0544341414 HRD $28.00 DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda Risen, James. Pay any price [Book] : greed, power, and endless war / James Risen. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. xvii, 285 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. LJ 05/01/2014. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20141021. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Economic aspects United States. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Economic aspects United States. Abuse of administrative power United States. War and emergency powers United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security.