02865nam 2200601 a 450 991077801050332120230721022420.01-383-04576-31-282-23507-997866122350780-19-156786-8(CKB)1000000000787250(EBL)453607(OCoLC)434871798(SSID)ssj0000190764(PQKBManifestationID)11165863(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190764(PQKBWorkID)10183302(PQKB)11779290(Au-PeEL)EBL453607(CaPaEBR)ebr10317682(CaONFJC)MIL223507(MiAaPQ)EBC453607(EXLCZ)99100000000078725020090212d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe least worst place[electronic resource] how Guantanamo became the world's most notorious prison /Karen GreenbergOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-955767-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-252) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Guide to People; Guide to Acronyms; Preface; 1 World Gone Wrong; 2 The First Team; 3 The Void; 4 Filling the Void; 5 The Bad Guys First; 6 The Petting Zoo; Photos; 7 The Caribbean Hilton; 8 The General and the Chaplain; 9 Missing Pieces; 10 A Political Animal; 11 Towels into Turbans; 12 Bowing Out; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe tale of how individual officers on the ground at Guantanamo Bay, along with their direct superiors, were unwittingly co-opted into the Pentagon's plan to turn the prison into an interrogation facility operating at the margins of the law and beyond. - ;Ever since its foundation in 2002, the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility has become the symbol for many people around the world of all that is wrong with the 'war on terror'. Secretive, inhumane, and illegal by most international standards, it has been seen by many as a testament to American hubris in the post-9/11 era. Yet until now no one hWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Prisoners and prisons, AmericanPrisoners of warCubaGuantánamo Bay Naval BasePrisoners of warUnited StatesWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Prisoners and prisons, American.Prisoners of warPrisoners of war355.7/1Greenberg Karen B.1964-1569131MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778010503321The least worst place3841777UNINA