In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President 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. This is a dramatic account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. Whateve
edited by Darren J.N. Middleton ; featuring essays by Martin Scorsese, Peter Bien & Peter T. Chattaway.
تاريخ
Jane Mayer.
کد سيستم
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موضوع مستند نشده
Middleton, Darren J. N.,1966-
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سطح دسترسي
Introduction -- How Babur became a Ghazi -- Disclaiming Tamerlane's inheritance and the rise of the Mughal Empire -- The origins of the Ghazi king -- Inventing the image of the founder king -- The triad of kings -- Tatars and Ottomans