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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779652203321

Autore

Hickman John Charles <1954->

Titolo

Selling Guantanamo [[electronic resource] ] : exploding the propaganda surrounding America's most notorious military prison / / John Hickman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013

ISBN

0-8130-4719-6

0-8130-4840-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

355.1/29609729167

Soggetti

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)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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