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Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
Jameel Jaffer
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Paperback. Constructs a portrait of the systematic abuse suffered by detainees caught in the net of America's "war on terror." This work argues that the endorsement of abuse at the highest levels of government presents a powerful test for American democracy and the rule of law. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; JWKT; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
When the American media published photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the Bush administration assured the world that the abuse was isolated and that the perpetrators would be held accountable. Over the next three years, it refined its narrative at the margins, but by and large its public position remained the same. Yes, the administration acknowledged, some soldiers abused prisoners, but these soldiers were anomalous sadists who ignored clear orders. Abuse, the administration said, was aberrational-not systemic, not widespread, and certainly not a matter of policy. The government's own documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties ... Read more
When the American media published photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the Bush administration assured the world that the abuse was isolated and that the perpetrators would be held accountable. Over the next three years, it refined its narrative at the margins, but by and large its public position remained the same. Yes, the administration acknowledged, some soldiers abused prisoners, but these soldiers were anomalous sadists who ignored clear orders. Abuse, the administration said, was aberrational-not systemic, not widespread, and certainly not a matter of policy. The government's own documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140539
SKU
V9780231140539
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About Jameel Jaffer
Jameel Jaffer directs the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project and has been a litigator for the ACLU since 2002. He was educated at Williams College, Cambridge University, and Harvard Law School. Amrit Singh is a Staff Attorney at the Immigrants' Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and has been a litigator for the ACLU since ... Read more
Reviews for Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
In gathering these truly telling documents Jaffer and Singh have distilled the essence of an evil that has shamed America. Exposing it can only help remove a terrible national stain.
John W. Dean, Nixon White House counsel and author of Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches [An] extraordinarily important book
Naomi Wolf ... Read more
John W. Dean, Nixon White House counsel and author of Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches [An] extraordinarily important book
Naomi Wolf ... Read more