Guantánamo : the war on human rights

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Title:

Guantánamo : the war on human rights

Author:

Rose, David, 1959-

ISBN:

9781565849570

Personal Author:

Rose, David, 1959-

Publication Information:

New York : New Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

x, 160 p. ; 20 cm.

Contents:

1. Honor bound -- 2. The least worst place -- 3. Enormously valuable intelligence -- 4. The meanings of Guantanamo Bay.

Abstract:

"The orange jumpsuits of the blindfolded prisoners at Gitmo, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, are already one of the enduring images of our post-9/11 world. Were these prisoners "the hardest of the hard-core" Al Qaeda terrorists, ruthless men "involved in a plot to kill thousands of ordinary Americans," as the Bush administration has maintained? And has their continued imprisonment been a necessary weapon in the war against terror, preventing further murders and providing an invaluable trove of intelligence?".

"In Guantanamo, award-winning writer David Rose disproves these claims. Based on his firsthand research in Cuba, government documents, and dozens of interviews with guards, intelligence officials, military lawyers, and former detainees, Rose argues that the camp not only constitutes a grotesque abuse of human rights, but it is also ineffective as a tool for combating terrorism. Meanwhile, America has abandoned its founding principles and drawn worldwide condemnation for creating its very own concentration camp."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Prisoners and prisons.

Prisoners of war -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.

Human rights -- Government policy -- United States.

Geographic Term:

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

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Summary

Praised as a "tour-de-force deconstruction of Bush's supermax gulag" ( San Diego Union Tribune ) when first published in hardcover, Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo 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.