The Dark Side (book)
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals is a 2008 non-fiction book written by the American journalist Jane Mayer about the torture and detention of suspected enemy combatants during the war on terrorism, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to so-called enemy combatants. == Content == The book details how the unsuccessful prosecution of John Walker Lindh convinced the President to circumvent the procedural protections of criminal trials.