'The war on terrorism is the first political growth industry of the new Millennium' - so begins Bovard's provocative and unrelenting examination of the Bush administration and its motives for prosecuting a war on Iraq that was wildly unpopular in the United States as well as throughout much of the world. Bovard is one of Washington's most controversial journalists, known for the searchlight he has shone on the trampling of civil liberties and privacy by successive US administrations. In this, his latest book, he tells a grisly story of the toll that the 'war on terrorism' is taking - from airport security follies that protect no one, to increased surveillance of individuals and skyrocketing numbers of detainees. In so doing, he reveals some fascinating insights into the US's coping mechanisms when under threat. His uncompromising and impassioned stance against a state that tramples personal freedoms and ignores the wishes of its citizens will strike a chord with many.

"No one is spared in Bovard's merciless review of our spectacularly unsuccessful war on terrorism." Justin Raimondo, The American Conservative

"Meticulously documented from contemporary news accounts, this rant against Bush's 'aura of righteousness' may well leave readers as angry as its author." Publishers Weekly

"Invaluable....the best one-stop source I've seen for what various officials actually said at various times, suffused with intelligent analysis." Alan Bock, Orange County Register

"If you want to know what is really going on in President Bush's War on Terror, read Terrorism and Tyranny..." Charley Reese online

"...a concise and accurate chronicle of what happened and what could happen to our freedom as a result of excessive federal government power." Jim Grichar, LewRockwell.com

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

James Bovard takes on Bush, the war with Iraq, homeland security and the end of liberty in another blistering look at Washington.