LEADER 02868nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910455378303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-23507-9 010 $a9786612235078 010 $a0-19-156786-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787250 035 $a(EBL)453607 035 $a(OCoLC)434871798 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000190764 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165863 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190764 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183302 035 $a(PQKB)11779290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453607 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10317682 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL223507 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787250 100 $a20090212d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe least worst place$b[electronic resource] $ehow Guantanamo became the world's most notorious prison /$fKaren Greenberg 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-955767-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-252) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 h 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009$xPrisoners and prisons, American 606 $aPrisoners of war$zCuba$zGuanta?namo Bay Naval Base 606 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009$xPrisoners and prisons, American. 615 0$aPrisoners of war 615 0$aPrisoners of war 676 $a355.7/1 700 $aGreenberg$b Karen B.$f1964-$0906787 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455378303321 996 $aThe least worst place$92028337 997 $aUNINA