MONEY AND THE POWER, THE(ISBN=9780375701269) 英文原版
Las Vegas–the name evokes images of divorce and dice,prostitutes and payoffs, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all isa sordid history that is much more insidious and far-reaching thanever imagined. Now, at the dawn of the new century, this neonmaelstrom of ruthlessness and greed stands to not as an aberrant“sin city,” but as a natural outgrowth of the corruption andworship of money that have come to permeate American life. The Money and the Power is the most comprehensive look yetat Las Vegas and its breadth of influence. Based on five years ofintensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morrisreveal the city’s historic network of links to Wall Street,international drug traffickers, and the CIA. In doing so, theyexpose the disturbing connections amongst politicians, businessmen,and the criminals that harness these illegal activities. Throughthis lucid and gripping indictment of Las Vegas, Morris and Dentonuncover a national ethic of exploitation, violence, and greed, a
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