Denton, Sally ; Morris, Roger - The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America

The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America by Denton, Sally ; Morris, Roger

Published by Knopf, 2001

The shadowy past and present of Las Vegas—and its role in the shaping of today's America—are here revealed as never before by two of the country's leading investigative reporters. After five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris make clear how and why Las Vegas became the greatest "business success story" of the twentieth century, and how the rest of America ensured this success by contributing capital as well as customers.