Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107) and index.
Contents:
1. Torturing prisoners in the war on terror is never justified / Kenneth Roth -- 2. Torture should be legalized so it can be regulated / Alan M. Dershowitz -- 3. America treats its prisoners of war better than the Arab world does / Frida Ghitis -- 4. America treats its prisoners of war worse than the Arab world does / Charles Glass -- 5. Mistreating prisoners of war puts American soldiers at risk / Lawrence J. Korb, John Halpin -- 6. Americans overreact to reports of prisoner abuse / Mortimer B. Zuckerman -- 7. Americans have been humiliated by reports of prisoner abuse / Al Gore -- 8. America sends its prisoners of war to other countries to be tortured / Dana Priest, Barton Gellman -- 9. The torture of Iraqi prisoners was an aberration / Donald Rumsfeld -- 10. Leadership failures facilitated the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq / James R. Schlesinger ... [et al.] -- 11. Detainees in Guantánamo Bay should have the same rights as prisoners of war / Michael Byers -- 12. Detainees in Guantánamo Bay should not have the same rights as prisoners of war / Andrew Apostolou, Fredric Smoler -- 13. Prisoners taken during the war on terror should be tried by military tribunal / Ruth Wedgwood -- 14. Prisoners taken during the war on terror should not be tried by military tribunal / Harold Hongju Koh.
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