The Money and The Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America
With Sally Denton
New york times “notable book of the year”
“One of the most important non-fiction books published in the US in a half century“
– Los Angeles Times
Accolades
“Magisterial…”
— The New York Times
“The history of the dark side…never so abundantly researched and compellingly told.”
— The Washington Post
“Exhaustively researched… A unified field theory of corruption—political, economic and criminal—in which all dark roads lead to the oasis in the Nevada wasteland.
— Business Week
“A brilliant indictment… A relentless, impassioned probe in the dark contradictory heart of the American dream.”
— Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
“Riveting…Absorbing… A saga of underworld subculture that interests with that government agents, senators, and presidents and ranges from Cuba to Dallas to Watergate..”
— The Wall Street Journal
“Compelling…Must read for every American concerned about the direction of this nation.”
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“Something on every page hits like a meat ax. In their unsparing, meticulous original reporting and scholarly historical research, Denton and Morris produce a completely compelling, important dossier.”
— New York Daily News
“Intensively researched, sweeping in both scope and implication…Las Vegas as a centerpiece of contemporary American culture… and a metaphor for everything we have become.”
— Newsday
Roger Morris 