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Title Abu Ghraib : the politics of torture / with essays by Meron Benvenisti ... [et al.].

Imprint Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  956.704431 Ab91 2004    ---  Available
Description viii, 144 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Series The Terra nova series
Terra nova series.
Contents "Chain of command at Abu Ghraib" / Kahlil Bendib -- Torture and truth / Mark Danner -- The logic of torture / Mark Danner -- Power and vainglory / John Gray -- An old refrain that stabs at the heart / Meron Benvenisti -- Abu Ghraib, the surround / David Matlin -- Feminism's assumptions upended / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Abu Ghraib and a new generation of soldiers / Brooke Warner -- Breakdown in the gray room / David Levi Strauss -- Abu Ghraib and the magic of images / Charles Stein -- Abu Ghraib, a howl / Richard Grossinger.
Summary "An anthology of essays by contributors offering varying perspectives on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. Contributing writers are Meron Benvenisti, Mark Danner, Barbara Ehrenreich, John Gray, David Matlin, David Levi Strauss, Charles Stein, and Brooke Warner"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Atrocities.
Torture -- Iraq.
Political prisoners -- Iraq.
Abu Ghraib Prison.
Added Author Benvenisti, Meron, 1934-
ISBN 1556435509 (pbk.)
9781556435508 (pbk.)

 
    
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