• ISBN13: 9781403963680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac
• Publication Date: April 15, 2004
• Pages: 448
• Original Price: GBP 22.49
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

About the Book "The war on terrorism is the first political growth industry of the new Millennium." So begins Jim Bovard's newest and, in some ways, most provocative book as he casts yet another jaundiced eye on Washington and the motives behind protecting "the homeland" and prosecuting a wildly unpopular war with Iraq. For James 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 Bovard.