Selling Guantánamo : exploding the propaganda surrounding America's most notorious military prison / John Hickman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickman, John, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Prisoners of war.

Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Prisoners and prisons.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba).

Physical Description:

279 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]

Summary:

Challenges the U.S. government's official explanation for keeping hundreds of POWs from the War in Afghanistan in continued custody at Guantanamo.

Contents:

Part 1: The official explanation. 1. Framing the decision

2. Strange consensus

3. Three comparable historical cases

4. Extraordinary threat

5. Intelligence collection

6. Prosecution

Part 2: The alternative explanation. 7. Spectacle of victory

8. Punishment

9. Announcement

Part 3: Repercussions. 10. Closing Guantánamo

11. After Guantánamo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813044552

0813044553

OCLC:

811598982