A place outside the law : forgotten voices from Guantanamo / Peter Jan Honigsberg.
2019
KF7675 .H66 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
A place outside the law : forgotten voices from Guantanamo / Peter Jan Honigsberg.
Imprint
Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]
Description
xi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
A place outside the law
Coming to America
Right side of things
China's shadow
Lawlessness
Undermining heroes
Faux law
Warrior journalist
Expected and unexpected consequences : changes and transformations
Facebook friends
Convert
Flight
Flight
From pride to shame
Paying respect
For his son
Guantanamo saved my life
Timmy
Half-full
Being up close to torture
The empty chair
Human rights forsaken
Blindsided
The pain inside
Alone
We tortured him
Castaways
Drones
Looking forward and looking back
Rising above
Kuwaiti escorts.
Coming to America
Right side of things
China's shadow
Lawlessness
Undermining heroes
Faux law
Warrior journalist
Expected and unexpected consequences : changes and transformations
Facebook friends
Convert
Flight
Flight
From pride to shame
Paying respect
For his son
Guantanamo saved my life
Timmy
Half-full
Being up close to torture
The empty chair
Human rights forsaken
Blindsided
The pain inside
Alone
We tortured him
Castaways
Drones
Looking forward and looking back
Rising above
Kuwaiti escorts.
Summary
Honigsberg conducted 158 interviews across 20 countries so that the people who lived and worked there could tell their heartbreaking and inspirational stories. In each one, we face the reality that the healing process cannot begin until we start the conversation about what was done in the name of protecting our country. These are a few of them. Many alleged operatives in Guantánamo were purchased by the United States for ransom from Afghan and Pakistani soldiers. Brandon Neely, a prison guard who processed the first group of suspected operatives to arrive in Cuba, flew to London to embrace the detainees he guarded after leaving the military. Navy whistleblower Matt Diaz covertly released the names of 500 detainees by sending them in a greeting card to a lawyer in New York. Journalist Carol Rosenberg committed the past 17 years of her career to documenting life at Guantánamo. And Damien Corsetti, an interrogator who came to be known as the "King of Torture," received ribbons and awards for the same cruel actions for which he was later prosecuted.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Honigsberg, Peter Jan, author. Place outside the law. Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]
Call Number
KF7675 .H66 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780807026984 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780807027127 (ebook)
0807026980
9780807027127 (ebook)
0807026980
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