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050 00 $aDS79.76$b.T676 2005
245 04 $aThe torture papers :$bthe road to Abu Ghraib /$cedited by Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel ; introduction by Anthony Lewis.
246 30 $aRoad to Abu Ghraib
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2005.
300 $axxxiv, 1249 p. :$bill. ;$c27 cm.
520 1 $a"The Torture Papers consists of the "torture memos" and reports written by U.S. government officials to prepare the way for and to legitimize coercive interrogation and torture in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and Abu Ghraib. This volume of documents presents for the first time a compilation of materials that prior to publication have existed only piecemeal in the public domain. The Bush Administration, concerned about the legality of harsh interrogation techniques, understood the need to establish a legally viable argument to justify such procedures. The memos and reports in this volume document the systematic attempt of the U.S. government to prepare the way for torture techniques and coercive interrogation practices, forbidden under international law, with the express intent of evading legal punishment in the aftermath of any discovery of these practices and policies."--BOOK JACKET
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
610 20 $aAbu Ghraib Prison.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$xPrisoners and prisons, American.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$xAtrocities.
650 0 $aTorture$zIraq.
650 0 $aPolitical prisoners$zIraq.
700 1 $aGreenberg, Karen J.
700 1 $aDratel, Joshua L.,$d1957-
856 41 $3Table of contents online$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005000121.html
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