Terrorism and tyranny : trampling freedom, justice, and peace to rid the world of evil / James Bovard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bovard, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Authoritarianism.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

Politics and government.

Power (Social sciences)--United States.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

440 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Palgrave Macmillan edition.

Other Title:

Trampling freedom, justice, and peace to rid the world of evil

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

James Bovard takes on Bush, the war with Iraq, homeland security, and the end of liberty in another blistering look at Washington. "The war on terrorism is the first political growth industry of the new Millenium." So begins Jim Bovard's newest and, in some ways, most provocative book yet. Bovard casts another jaundiced eye on Washington and the motives behind protecting "the homeland" and prosecuting a wildly unpopular war with Iraq. For Jim Bovard, as always, it all comes down to a trampling of personal liberty and an end to privacy as we know it. From airport security follies that protect no one to increased surveillance of individuals and skyrocketing numbers of detainees, the war on terrorism is taking a toll on individual liberty and no one tells the whole grisly story better than Jim Bovard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-424) and index.

ISBN:

1403963681

OCLC:

52967121