Our nation unhinged [[electronic resource] ] : the human consequences of the War on Terror / / Peter Jan Honigsberg ; foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky |
Autore | Honigsberg Peter Jan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
Disciplina | 345.73/056 |
Soggetto topico |
Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Detention of persons - United States Human rights - Government policy - United States War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - Cuba - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Combatants and noncombatants (International law) |
Soggetto non controllato |
2001
21st century afghanistan america american judicial system american policy american soldiers bush administration criminal investigation dark discussion books engaging foreign policy guantanamo human rights abuses hunger strikers imprisonment injustices intense litigation men at war national security nonfiction political september 11 terrorism terrorist imprisonment tragedies trial us constitution war on terror warfare |
ISBN |
1-282-77249-X
9786612772498 0-520-94312-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence -- Foreword -- Opening -- INTRODUCING THE TERM ENEMY COMBATANT -- JUSTIFYING HARSH INTERROGATIONS AND TORTURE -- ASSERTING ABSOLUTE POWER AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF -- YASER HAMDI, AMERICAN CITIZEN -- JOSE PADILLA, AMERICAN CITIZEN -- ALI SALEH KALAH AL MARRI , AMERICAN RESIDENT -- PREVENTIVE DETENTION -- I. Guantanamo and the Road to the Supreme Court, 2002 - 2004 -- II. Inhumane Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo -- III. The Administration under Siege, 2004 - 2006 -- IV. Winds of Change, 2006 - 2008 -- THE EVOLUTION OF EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION -- CASE STUDY: KHALID EL-MASRI -- CASE STUDY: MAHER ARAR -- CASE STUDY: ABU OMAR -- VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS -- JOHN WALKER LINDH -- RICHARD COLVIN REID -- ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI -- THE LACKAWANNA SIX -- Closing -- Addendum: Visiting Guantanamo Bay -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788802603321 |
Honigsberg Peter Jan
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What kind of liberation? [[electronic resource] ] : women and the occupation of Iraq / / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt ; foreword by Cynthia Enloe |
Autore | Al-Ali Nadje Sadig |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.48/8927567090511 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PrattNicola Christine |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Iraq - Social conditions
Women's rights - Iraq Women in politics - Iraq Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Women |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century american history
21st century iraqi history activism bush administration gender studies government and governing growing unemployment human condition international policy iraq iraqi women activists iraqi women islam middle east middle eastern politics muslim new iraq ngo workers political president bush president george w bush scarce resources seclusion sectarianism united states of america violence war and gender war in iraq war zone warfare womens rights activists womens rights |
ISBN |
1-282-77240-6
9786612772405 0-520-94217-5 |
Classificazione | MK 3100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. IRAQI WOMEN BEFORE THE INVASION -- TWO. THE USE AND ABUSE OF IRAQI WOMEN -- THREE. ENGENDERING THE NEW IRAQI STATE -- FOUR. THE IRAQI WOMEN'S MOVEMENT -- FIVE. TOWARD A FEMINIST AND ANTI - IMPERIAL IST POLITICS OF PEACE -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000303321 |
Al-Ali Nadje Sadig
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