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.