| Guantanamo: The War on Human Rights Contributor(s): Rose, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 159558093X ISBN-13: 9781595580931 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: A vivid and damning account of America's controversial interrogation camp. Praised as a "tour-de-force deconstruction of Bush's supermax gulag" ("San Diego Union Tribune") when first published, "Guantanamo" makes shocking allegations about the infamous U.S. detention camp in Cuba. Award-winning journalist David Rose argues that the camp not only constitutes a grotesque abuse of human rights but is also ineffective as a tool for combating terrorism. Through firsthand research in Cuba, government documents, and dozens of interviews with guards, intelligence officials, military lawyers, and former detainees, Rose sheds light on Gitmo's ugly inner workings. He reveals that, contrary to the Bush administration's claims, the prisoners at Guantanamo are not "the hardest of the hard-core" Al Qaeda terrorists, ruthless men "involved in a plot to kill thousands of ordinary Americans." And he provides solid evidence that the brutal interrogations that supposedly justify the camp's existence have yielded very little useful intelligence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Dewey: 973.931 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.4" W x 7" (0.39 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
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| Publisher Description: A vivid and damning account of America's controversial interrogation camp. Praised as a tour-de-force deconstruction of Bush's supermax gulag (San Diego Union Tribune) when first published, Guantanamo makes shocking allegations about the infamous U.S. detention camp in Cuba. Award-winning journalist David Rose argues that the camp not only constitutes a grotesque abuse of human rights but is also ineffective as a tool for combating terrorism. Through firsthand research in Cuba, government documents, and dozens of interviews with guards, intelligence officials, military lawyers, and former detainees, Rose sheds light on Gitmo's ugly inner workings. He reveals that, contrary to the Bush administration's claims, the prisoners at Guantanamo are not the hardest of the hard-core Al Qaeda terrorists, ruthless men involved in a plot to kill thousands of ordinary Americans. And he provides solid evidence that the brutal interrogations that supposedly justify the camp's existence have yielded very little useful intelligence. |