NYT Books in Review: “The Dark Side,” “Iron Fists,” “Bad Money,” “America Between the Wars”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Brinkley-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, by Jane Mayer
“By late 2005, those defending the regime of torture feared prosecution should the program be disclosed.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Benfey-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State, by Steven Heller
“How Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin and Mao so effectively spread their messages to the masses.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Gross-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crsis of American Capitalism, by Kevin Phillips
“America’s monomanical focus on finance is hurting us in the diverse global economy.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Thompson-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
America Between the Wars: FRom 11/9 to 9/11: The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror, by Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier
“A 12-year stretch with no catastrophe to brand it.”
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