Guantánamo diary / Mohamedou Ould Slahi ; edited by Larry Siems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slahi, Mohamedou Ould, author.

Contributor:

Siems, Larry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slahi, Mohamedou Ould--Diaries.

Slahi, Mohamedou Ould.

Political prisoners.

Mauritanians.

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)--Biography.

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba).

Political prisoners--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base--Diaries.

Mauritanians--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base--Diaries.

Political prisoners--United States--Diaries.

Prisoners of war--United States--Diaries.

Prisoners of war.

United States.

Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Biography.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Genre:

Diaries.

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

lii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Restored edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Back Bay Books, 2017.

Summary:

An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. A federal judge ordered his release in March 2010, but the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go. Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody, "his endless world tour" of imprisonment and interrogation, and his daily life as a Guantánamo prisoner. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir---terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, GUANTÁNAMO DIARY is a document of immense historical importance and a riveting and profoundly revealing read.

Contents:

1 Jordan-Afghanistan-GTMO: July 2002-February 2003 3

Before

2 Senegal-Mauritania: January 21, 2000-February 19, 2000 71

3 Mauritania: September 29, 2001-November 28, 2001 107

4 Jordan: November 20, 2001-July 19, 2002 150

GTMO

5 GTMO: February 2003-August 2003 191

6 GTMO: September 2003-December 2003 264

7 GTMO: 2004-2005 308.

Notes:

First published in 2015 by Little, Brown and Company. Previously censored material restored.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0316517887

9780316517881

OCLC:

988851628