The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America Sally Denton

The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America

Author: Sally Denton
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Book Title
The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America
Author
Sally Denton
ISBN
9780375701269
Las Vegas--the name evokes images of divorce and dice, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all is a sordid history that is much more insidious and far-reaching than ever imagined. The Money and the Power is the most comprehensive look yet at Las Vegas and its breadth of influence. Based on five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris reveal the city's historic network of links to Wall Street, international drug traffickers, and the CIA. In doing so, they expose the disturbing connections amongst politicians, businessmen, and the criminals that harness these illegal activities. Through this lucid and gripping indictment of Las Vegas, Morris and Denton uncover a national ethic of exploitation, violence, and greed, and provide a provocative reinterpretation of twentieth-century American history. Now this neon maelstrom of ruthlessness and greed stands to not as an aberrant "sin city," but as a natural outgrowth of the corruption and worship of money that have come to permeate American life.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Sally Denton, Roger MorrisPublisher: VintagePublished: 03/12/2002ISBN: 9780375701269Pages: 512Weight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.18w x 1.01dReview Citations: New York Times 03/17/2002 pg. 24
Las Vegas--the name evokes images of divorce and dice, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all is a sordid history that is much more insidious and far-reaching than ever imagined. The Money and the Power is the most comprehensive look yet at Las Vegas and its breadth of influence. Based on five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris reveal the city's historic network of links to Wall Street, international drug traffickers, and the CIA. In doing so, they expose the disturbing connections amongst politicians, businessmen, and the criminals that harness these illegal activities. Through this lucid and gripping indictment of Las Vegas, Morris and Denton uncover a national ethic of exploitation, violence, and greed, and provide a provocative reinterpretation of twentieth-century American history. Now this neon maelstrom of ruthlessness and greed stands to not as an aberrant "sin city," but as a natural outgrowth of the corruption and worship of money that have come to permeate American life.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sally Denton, Roger Morris
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/12/2002
ISBN: 9780375701269
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.18w x 1.01d

Review Citations: New York Times 03/17/2002 pg. 24
Las Vegas--the name evokes images of divorce and dice, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all is a sordid history that is much more insidious and far-reaching than ever imagined. The Money and the Power is the most comprehensive look yet at Las Vegas and its breadth of influence. Based on five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris reveal the city's historic network of links to Wall Street, international drug traffickers, and the CIA. In doing so, they expose the disturbing connections amongst politicians, businessmen, and the criminals that harness these illegal activities. Through this lucid and gripping indictment of Las Vegas, Morris and Denton uncover a national ethic of exploitation, violence, and greed, and provide a provocative reinterpretation of twentieth-century American history. Now this neon maelstrom of ruthlessness and greed stands to not as an aberrant "sin city," but as a natural outgrowth of the corruption and worship of money that have come to permeate American life.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sally Denton, Roger Morris
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/12/2002
ISBN: 9780375701269
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.18w x 1.01d

Review Citations: New York Times 03/17/2002 pg. 24