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Hickman John Charles <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Selling Guantanamo [[electronic resource] ] : exploding the propaganda surrounding America's most notorious military prison / / John Hickman |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8130-4719-6 |
0-8130-4840-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prisoners of war - Cuba - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Prisoners and prisons |
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Challenges the U.S. government's official explanation for keeping hundreds of POWs from the War in Afghanistan in continued custody at Guantanamo. |
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